eBook   Show Me How Print Item Question Content Area Break-even sales under present and proposed conditions Portmann Company, operating at full capacity, sold 1,000,000 units at a price of $187 per unit during the current year. Its income statement is as follows: Line Item Description Amount Amount Sales   $187,000,000  Cost of goods sold   (100,000,000) Gross profit   $87,000,000  Expenses:         Selling expenses $16,000,000       Administrative expenses 10,000,000           Total expenses   (26,000,000) Operating income   $61,000,000 The division of costs between variable and fixed is as follows: Line Item Description Variable Fixed Cost of goods sold 70% 30% Selling expenses 75% 25% Administrative expenses 50% 50% Management is considering a plant expansion program for the following year that will permit an increase of $11,220,000 in yearly sales. The expansion will increase fixed costs by $3,000,000 but will not affect the relationship between sales and variable costs. Required: 1.  Determine the total variable costs and the total fixed costs for the current year.Total variable costs fill in the blank 1 of 2$Total fixed costs fill in the blank 2 of 2$ 2.  Determine (a) the unit variable cost and (b) the unit contribution margin for the current year.Unit variable cost fill in the blank 1 of 2$Unit contribution margin fill in the blank 2 of 2$ 3.  Compute the break-even sales (units) for the current year.fill in the blank 1 of 1 units 4.  Compute the break-even sales (units) under the proposed program for the following year.fill in the blank 1 of 1 units 5.  Determine the amount of sales (units) that would be necessary under the proposed program to realize the $61,000,000 of operating income that was earned in the current year.fill in the blank 1 of 1 units 6.  Determine the maximum operating income possible with the expanded plant.fill in the blank 1 of 1$

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Break-even sales under present and proposed conditions

Portmann Company, operating at full capacity, sold 1,000,000 units at a price of $187 per unit during the current year. Its income statement is as follows:

Line Item Description Amount Amount
Sales   $187,000,000 
Cost of goods sold   (100,000,000)
Gross profit   $87,000,000 
Expenses:    
    Selling expenses $16,000,000  
    Administrative expenses 10,000,000  
        Total expenses   (26,000,000)
Operating income   $61,000,000

The division of costs between variable and fixed is as follows:

Line Item Description Variable Fixed
Cost of goods sold 70% 30%
Selling expenses 75% 25%
Administrative expenses 50% 50%

Management is considering a plant expansion program for the following year that will permit an increase of $11,220,000 in yearly sales. The expansion will increase fixed costs by $3,000,000 but will not affect the relationship between sales and variable costs.

Required:

1.  Determine the total variable costs and the total fixed costs for the current year.
Total variable costs fill in the blank 1 of 2$
Total fixed costs fill in the blank 2 of 2$

2.  Determine (a) the unit variable cost and (b) the unit contribution margin for the current year.
Unit variable cost fill in the blank 1 of 2$
Unit contribution margin fill in the blank 2 of 2$

3.  Compute the break-even sales (units) for the current year.
fill in the blank 1 of 1 units

4.  Compute the break-even sales (units) under the proposed program for the following year.
fill in the blank 1 of 1 units

5.  Determine the amount of sales (units) that would be necessary under the proposed program to realize the $61,000,000 of operating income that was earned in the current year.
fill in the blank 1 of 1 units

6.  Determine the maximum operating income possible with the expanded plant.
fill in the blank 1 of 1$

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