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Blaster Corporation manufactures hiking boots. For the coming year, the company has budget...

Blaster Corporation manufactures hiking boots. For the coming year, the company has budgeted the following costs for the production and sale of 30,000 pairs of boots:

 

Budgeted Costs

Budgeted Costs per Pair

Percentage of Costs Considered Variable

Direct materials

$ 630,000

$21

100%

Direct labor

300,000

10

100

Manufacturing overhead (fixed and variable)

720,000

24

25

Selling and administrative expenses

600,000

20

20

Totals

$2,250,000

$75

 

Instructions

a.     Compute the sales price per unit that would result in a budgeted operating income of $900,000. assuming that the company produces and sells 30,000 pairs. (Hint: First compute the budgeted sales revenue needed to produce this operating income.)


b.     Assuming that the company decides to sell the boots at a unit price of $ 121 per pair, compute the following:

1.  Total fixed costs budgeted for the year.

2.  Variable cost per unit.

3.  The unit contribution margin.

4.  The number of pairs that must be produced and sold annually to break even at a sales price of $121 per pair.

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