Question

Problem 3-38 (Part Level Submission) Carla Vista Company produces a molded briefcase that is distributed to luggage stores. The following operating data for the current year has been accumulated for planning purposes. Sales price Variable cost of goods sold Variable selling expenses Variable administrative expenses $41.00 13.00 11.60 4.00 Annual fixed expenses Overhead Selling expenses Administrative expenses $14,203,800 2,822,550 5,918,250 Carla Vista can produce 2,731,500 cases a year. The projected net income for the coming year is expected to be $3,277,800. Carla Vista is subject to a 40% income tax rate. During the planning sessions, Carla Vista's managers have been reviewing costs and expenses. They estimate that the company's variable cost of goods sold will increase 15% in the coming year and that fixed administrative expenses will increase by $273,150. All other costs and expenses are expected to remain the same. Carla Vista Company's managers are considering expanding the product line by introducing a leather briefcase. The new briefcase is expected to sell for $91.00; variable costs would amount to $37.00 per briefcase. If Carla Vista introduces the leather briefcase, the company will incur an additional $546,300 per year in advertising costs. Carla Vista's marketing department has estimated that one new leather briefcase would be sold for every four molded briefcases. (a) x Your answer is incorrect. Try again. If managers decide to introduce the new leather briefcase, how many units of each briefcase would be required to break even in the coming year? Cost of goods sold for the molded briefcase is expected to be $14.95 per unit. (For computational purposes round contribution margin per unit to 2 decimal places, e.g. 0.38. Round answers to O decimal places, e.g. 25,000.) Molded Briefcase Leather Briefcase 1 23217750 23217750 T 546300 Break even units

Answer 1

Calculation of weighted average contribution margin
	Molded briefcase	Leather	Total
Sales price	41	91
Variable COGS	14.95
Variable Selling expenses	11.6
Variable Admin Expenses	4
Total variable cost	30.55	37
Contribution margin per unit	10.45	54
Sales Mix	4	1	5
Contribution margin	41.8	54	95.8
Weighted average Contribution Margin per unit			19.16
Break even units = Total Fixed costs/CM Per unit
=(14,203,800+2,822,550+5,918,250+273,150+546,300)/19.16
1240294.885	units
Molded	992,236	units
Leather	248,059	units