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Data for the Bidwell Company are as follows: Sales (100,000 units)...

Data for the Bidwell Company are as follows:

Sales (100,000 units)

$1,000,000

Costs

Fixed

Variable

Raw material

$ 0

$300,000

Direct labor

0

200,000

Factory costs

100,000

150,000

Selling and administrative costs

110,000

50,000

Total costs

$210,000

$700,000

910,000

Operating income

$ 90,000

Required:

a. Based on the preceding data, calculate break-even sales in units.

b. If Bidwell Company is subject to an effective income tax rate of 40 percent, calculate the number of units Bidwell would have to sell to earn an after-tax profit of $90,000.

c. If fixed costs increase $31,500 with no other cost or revenue factors changing, calculate the break-even sales in units.

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