eBook   Show Me How 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 $188 per unit during the current year. Its income statement is as follows: Sales     $188,000,000  Cost of goods sold     (99,000,000) Gross profit     $89,000,000  Expenses:       Selling expenses $15,000,000     Administrative expenses 14,900,000     Total expenses     (29,900,000) Operating income     $59,100,000 The division of costs between variable and fixed is as follows:   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 $11,280,000 in yearly sales. The expansion will increase fixed costs by $3,500,000 but will not affect the relationship between sales and variable costs.   5.  Determine the amount of sales (units) that would be necessary under the proposed program to realize the $59,100,000 of operating income that was earned in the current year.

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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 $188 per unit during the current year. Its income statement is as follows:

Sales     $188,000,000 
Cost of goods sold     (99,000,000)
Gross profit     $89,000,000 
Expenses:      
Selling expenses $15,000,000    
Administrative expenses 14,900,000    
Total expenses     (29,900,000)
Operating income     $59,100,000

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

  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 $11,280,000 in yearly sales. The expansion will increase fixed costs by $3,500,000 but will not affect the relationship between sales and variable costs.

 

5.  Determine the amount of sales (units) that would be necessary under the proposed program to realize the $59,100,000 of operating income that was earned in the current year.

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