Campbell Ave. Bookstore, specializes in selling paperbacks for $7 each. The variable cost per book is $5. At current annual sales of 250,000 books, the store is just breaking even. It is estimated that if the authors' royalties are reduced, the variable cost per book will drop by $.50. Assume authors' royalties are reduced and sales remain constant; how much more money can the publisher put into advertising (a fixed cost) and still break even? a) $150,000 b) $125,000 c) $135,000 d) $130,000 e) $120,000

Campbell Ave. Bookstore, specializes in selling paperbacks for $7 each. The variable cost per book is $5. At current annual sales of 250,000 books, the store is just breaking even. It is estimated that if the authors' royalties are reduced, the variable cost per book will drop by $.50. Assume authors' royalties are reduced and sales remain constant; how much more money can the publisher put into advertising (a fixed cost) and still break even? a) $150,000 b) $125,000 c) $135,000 d) $130,000 e) $120,000

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING

10th Edition

ISBN:9781259964947

Author:Libby

Publisher:Libby

Chapter1: Financial Statements And Business Decisions

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1Q

See similar textbooks

Similar questions

Redlands Inc. sells one product for $5. The variable cost per item is $3, and the fixed costs for the firm are $40. f. Assume that Redlands currently sells 40 units. Redlands estimates that if it increased sales price to $6 per unit demand would decrease by 10%. Determine if Redlands should increase its selling price. (Ignore income taxes.) g. Assume that Redlands currently sells 30 units and has a 40% income tax rate. The firm estimates that a $25 increase in fixed cost from automating the plant would lower variable costs to $2 per unit. Determine if Redlands should change its cost structure. f. Current Alternative Sales revenue Variable cost Contribution margin Fixed cost Net income g. Current Alternative Sales revenue Variable cost Contribution margin Fixed cost Pretax income Income tax expense Net income
Warner clothing is considering the introudciton fo a new baseball cap for sales by local vendors. The comapny has collected the following price and cost characteristics. A. What number must Warner sell per month to break even? B. What number must Warner sell per month to make an operating profit of $30,000?
(EOQ calculations) A downtown bookstore is trying to determine the optimal order quantity for a popular novel just printed in paperback. The store feels that the book will sell at four times its hardback figures. It would, therefore, sell approximately 2,000 copies in the next year at a price of $1.50. The store buys the book at a wholesale figure of $1. Costs for carrying the book are estimated at $0.25 a copy per year, and it costs $25 to order more books. a. Determine the EOQ. b. What would be the total costs for ordering the books 1, 4, 5, 10, and 15 times a year? c. What questionable assumptions are being made by the EOQ model? a. What is the economic order quantity (EOQ)? copies (Round to the nearest whole number.) C
Ignore income taxes for this problem. A firm currently sells 25 units for $12 each. Its variable cost per unit is $9 and fixed costs total $60. The firm determines it can sell 35 units if it decreases the selling price from $12 to $11 per unit. The firm should Select one: a. Decrease the sales price because it will increase profits by $5. b. Not decrease the sales price because it will decrease profits by $10. c. Not decrease the sales price because it will decrease profits by $5. d. Decrease the sales price because it will increase profits by $10.
Ashley’s company is looking to add two new printers that will increase fixed costs by $75,000. The variable costs are $50 per order. The two new printers allow the business to increase their orders by 5000 annually. How many orders would have to be added to justify buying these new printers, vs not making any changes and continuing as they are? What other considerations might you consider in whether or not to make this purchase or not?
If the publisher believes that the price per copy could be increased to $21.95 and not affect the anticipated demand of 3800 copies, what action would you recommend? What profit or loss can be anticipated?
Saucier & Co. currently sells 1,400 units a month for total monthly sales of $98,500. The company is considering replacing its current cash only credit policy with a net 30 policy. The variable cost per unit is $18 and the monthly interest rate is 1.1 percent. What is the switch break-even level of sales? Assume the selling price per unit and the variable costs per unit remain constant. A. 1,743 units B. 1,467 units C. 1,421 units D. 1,406 units E. 1,548 units
Miller Books is considering publishing a book about meditation. The fixed costs to publish the book is estimated at $160,000. Variable material costs are estimated at $6 per book. Demand over the life of the textbook is estimated at 4,000 copies. Miller books anticipates that they can sell the books for $46 per unit. a) Write an expression for total revenue b) Write an expression for total cost c) Write an expression for total profit d) Find the break-even point e) Recommend a strategy if Miller will not be able to sell more than 3,500 copies.
25) can i get help please
XYZ, Inc., produces and commercializes engines for cars. To stimulate sales, the financial manager is contemplating lengthening its credit period from the existing net 30 terms to net 35 terms. The credit analyst estimates that the new credit policy increases sales by 15 percent. The financial manager asks you to analyze the impacts of the proposed credit change on the firm's value. The variable costs, as a percent of sales, equal 70%. The existing monthly credit sales is $90 million. The existing bad debt loss rate is 2% and will increase by o.75% after lengthening the credit period. The existing credit & collection expenses equal 2.5% of sales and those under 35-day terms will be 3% of sales. The company's cost of capital is presently 10 percent. Under the new credit policy, the firm offers a 2% cash discount if they pay within one week and the percent of sales made to cash discount-takers will be 15%. 1) Calculate the NPV of one day's sales under the existing credit policydits)
5. What is the maximum price that Silven should be willing to pay the outside supplier for a box of 24 tubes? 6. Instead of sales of 130,000 boxes of tubes, revised estimates show a sales volume of 161,000 boxes of tubes. At this higher sales volume, Silven would need to rent extra equipment at a cost of $51,000 per year to make the additional 31,000 boxes of tubes. Assuming that the outside supplier will not accept an order for less than 161,000 boxes of tubes, what is the financial advantage (disadvantage) in total (not per box) if Silven buys 161,000 boxes of tubes from the outside supplier? Given this new information, should Silven Industries make or buy the tubes? 7. Refer to the data in Required 6. Assume that the outside supplier will accept an order of any size for the tubes at a price of $1.95 per box. How many boxes of tubes should Silven make? How many boxes of tubes should it buy from the outside supplier?
Totally Tanked, Inc. sells tank tops. The firm is considering making some changes in order to achieve its goal of increasing its profit. If it makes no changes, the company anticipates the following for the coming year: # of tank tops to be sold 3,000,000 Selling price per tank top $20 Variable expense per tank top $8 Fixed expenses for the year $20,000,000 Maria, one of the company’s managers suggests the following: “I think if we cut our price to $17 a tank top, we will increase our sales to 3,700,000 tank tops. I think that will help us achieve our goal”. Question: Prepare a contribution margin income statement (CMIS) for each of the two scenarios below: A) The company makes no changes B)The company implements Maria’s suggestion.