Dirth Company sells only one product at a regular price of £7.50 per unit. Variable expenses are 60 per cent of sales and fixed expenses are £30,000. Management has decided to decrease the selling price to £6.00 in hopes of increasing its volume of sales. What is the monetary sales level required to break even at the old price of £7.50? Select one: O A. £50,000 O B. £18,000 OC. £12,000 OD. £75,000
Dirth Company sells only one product at a regular price of £7.50 per unit. Variable expenses are 60 per cent of sales and fixed expenses are £30,000. Management has decided to decrease the selling price to £6.00 in hopes of increasing its volume of sales. What is the monetary sales level required to break even at the old price of £7.50? Select one: O A. £50,000 O B. £18,000 OC. £12,000 OD. £75,000
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![Dirth Company sells only one product at a regular price of £7.50 per unit. Variable expenses are 60 per cent of sales
and fixed expenses are £30,000. Management has decided to decrease the selling price to £6.00 in hopes of
increasing its volume of sales.
What is the monetary sales level required to break even at the old price of £7.50?
Select one:
O A. £50,000
O B. £18,000
O C. £12,000
OD. £75,000](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Febe020d4-f6d3-4816-bece-43b62e43513a%2Fd0e8cd35-760c-4a71-b194-6357c3b21f12%2Fva2326_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Dirth Company sells only one product at a regular price of £7.50 per unit. Variable expenses are 60 per cent of sales
and fixed expenses are £30,000. Management has decided to decrease the selling price to £6.00 in hopes of
increasing its volume of sales.
What is the monetary sales level required to break even at the old price of £7.50?
Select one:
O A. £50,000
O B. £18,000
O C. £12,000
OD. £75,000
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