Blossom Corp.’s sales slumped badly in 2020. For the first time in its history, it operated at a loss. The company’s income statement showed the following results from selling 575,500 units of product: sales $2,877,500, total costs and expenses $2,984,880, and net loss $107,380. Costs and expenses consisted of the amounts shown below. Total Variable Fixed Cost of goods sold $2,455,420 $1,887,640 $567,780 Selling expenses 287,750 105,892 181,858 Administrative expenses 241,710 78,268 163,442 $2,984,880 $2,071,800 $913,080 Management is considering the following independent alternatives for 2021. 1. Increase unit selling price 20% with no change in costs, expenses, and sales volume. 2. Change the compensation of salespersons from fixed annual salaries totaling $172,650 to total salaries of $69,060 plus a 4% commission on sales. Compute the break-even point in dollars for 2020. Break-even point $ Compute the contribution margin under each of the alternative courses of action. (Round contribution margin ratio to 0 decimal places, e.g. 50%.) Contribution margin for alternative 1 %
Blossom Corp.’s sales slumped badly in 2020. For the first time in its history, it operated at a loss. The company’s income statement showed the following results from selling 575,500 units of product: sales $2,877,500, total costs and expenses $2,984,880, and net loss $107,380. Costs and expenses consisted of the amounts shown below.
Total
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Variable
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Fixed
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Cost of goods sold | $2,455,420 | $1,887,640 | $567,780 | |||
Selling expenses | 287,750 | 105,892 | 181,858 | |||
Administrative expenses | 241,710 | 78,268 | 163,442 | |||
$2,984,880 | $2,071,800 | $913,080 |
Management is considering the following independent alternatives for 2021.
1. | Increase unit selling price 20% with no change in costs, expenses, and sales volume. | |
2. | Change the compensation of salespersons from fixed annual salaries totaling $172,650 to total salaries of $69,060 plus a 4% commission on sales. |
Compute the break-even point in dollars for 2020.
Break-even point |
$
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Compute the contribution margin under each of the alternative courses of action. (Round contribution margin ratio to 0 decimal places, e.g. 50%.)
Contribution margin for alternative 1 |
%
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Contribution margin for alternative 2 |
%
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Compute the break-even point in dollars under each of the alternative courses of action.
Break-even point for alternative 1 |
$
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Break-even point for alternative 2 |
$
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