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Serendipity Sound, Inc. manufactures and sells compact discs. Price and cost data are as f...

Serendipity Sound, Inc. manufactures and sells compact discs. Price and cost data are as follows:

Seiling price per unit (package of two CDs)

$25 00

Variable costs per unit:

      Direct material

$10.50

      Direct labor

5.00

      Manufacturing overhead

3.00

      Selling expenses

1.30

       Total variable costs per unit

$ 19.80

Annual fixed costs:

    Manufacturing overhead

$ 192,000

    Selling and administrative

276,000

      Total fixed costs

$ 468,000

Fore casted annual sales volume (120,000 units)

$ 3,000,000

In the following requirements, ignore income taxes.

Required:

l. What is Serendipity Sound’s break-even point in units?

2. What is the company’s break-even point in sales dollars?

3. How many units would Serendipity Sound have to sell in order to earn $ 260,000?

4. What is the firm’s margin of safety?

5. Management estimates that direct-labor costs will increase by 8 percent next year. How many units will the company have to sell next year to reach its break-even point?

6. If the company’s direct-labor costs do increase by 8 percent, what selling price per unit of product must it charge to maintain the same contribution-margin ratio?

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