Charted Ltd manufactures three types of fruit juice: Orapine, Bananago and Pinemelon. The budgeted sales prices, sales volumes  and costs for the next year are as follows:   Orapine Banango Pinemelon Selling price  per unit (GHS) 1,600 1,800 1,400 Sales units 420 400 380 Material cost per unit (GHS) 430 500 360 Labour cost per unit (GHS) 220 240 190 Variable overheads per unit (GHS) 110 120 95 Sixty per cent of the labour costs are fixed, and forty per cent are variable. The company expects the general fixed overheads, excluding any fixed labour costs, to be GHS55,000 for the next year. Determine the margin of safety units for each product.

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Charted Ltd manufactures three types of fruit juice: Orapine, Bananago and Pinemelon. The budgeted sales prices, sales volumes  and costs for the next year are as follows:

 

Orapine

Banango

Pinemelon

Selling price  per unit (GHS)

1,600

1,800

1,400

Sales units

420

400

380

Material cost per unit (GHS)

430

500

360

Labour cost per unit (GHS)

220

240

190

Variable overheads per unit (GHS)

110

120

95

Sixty per cent of the labour costs are fixed, and forty per cent are variable. The company expects the general fixed overheads, excluding any fixed labour costs, to be GHS55,000 for the next year. Determine the margin of safety units for each product.

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