Ionic Charge is a newly organized manufacturing business that plans to manufacture and sell 60,000 units per year of a new product. The following estimates have been made of the company's costs and expenses (other than income tax)   Fixed Variable per unit Manufacturing costs     Direct materials   $25 Direct Labor   15 Manufacturing overhead $500,000 8 Period costs     Selling expenses   2 Adminstrative expenses 300,000   Totals $800,000 $50 A. What should the company establish as the sales price per unit if it sets a target of earning an operating income of $700,000 by producing and selling 60,000 units during the first year of operations, B. At the unit sales price computed in Part A, how many units must the company produce and sell to break even? C. What will be the margin of safety if the comapny produces and sells 60,000 units at the sales price computed in part A.

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Ionic Charge is a newly organized manufacturing business that plans to manufacture and sell 60,000 units per year of a new product. The following estimates have been made of the company's costs and expenses (other than income tax)

  Fixed Variable per unit
Manufacturing costs    
Direct materials   $25
Direct Labor   15
Manufacturing overhead $500,000 8
Period costs    
Selling expenses   2
Adminstrative expenses 300,000  
Totals $800,000 $50

A. What should the company establish as the sales price per unit if it sets a target of earning an operating income of $700,000 by producing and selling 60,000 units during the first year of operations,

B. At the unit sales price computed in Part A, how many units must the company produce and sell to break even?

C. What will be the margin of safety if the comapny produces and sells 60,000 units at the sales price computed in part A.

 

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