John (Head of New York's Golf Club) has given you the following per unit estimates going into his second year of operation (beginning May 1,2021) for his only product at this point; the Duffer Club:   Direct material: $94 Direct labour: $31 Variable overhead: $7.72 Selling price: $168 Tax rate: 20% Monthly fixed costs: $12.67 ($38,000 total fixed costs) Practical capacity and current production level: 3,000 units   A) Calculate New York's Club monthly break-even sales of the Duffer Club in both units and dollars (round to nearest dollar and next unit)   B) If New York Golf Club's strategy is to just break-even for the near future, how many additional Duffer clubs (units) above the current break-even point would need to be sold each month if the company wishes to increase their currently budgeted advertising costs by $12,000 per month. Assume  no changes to the selling price or to any of Duffmeister'svariable costs given above.

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John (Head of New York's Golf Club) has given you the following per unit estimates going into his second year of operation (beginning May 1,2021) for his only product at this point; the Duffer Club:
 
Direct material: $94
Direct labour: $31
Variable overhead: $7.72
Selling price: $168
Tax rate: 20%
Monthly fixed costs: $12.67 ($38,000 total fixed costs)
Practical capacity and current production level: 3,000 units
 
A) Calculate New York's Club monthly break-even sales of the Duffer Club in both units and dollars (round to nearest dollar and next unit)
 
B) If New York Golf Club's strategy is to just break-even for the near future, how many additional Duffer clubs (units) above the current break-even point would need to be sold each month if the company wishes to increase their currently budgeted advertising costs by $12,000 per month. Assume  no changes to the selling price or to any of Duffmeister'svariable costs given above.
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