ML sells three products: Good,  Better and Best. The market for the products dictates that the number of products sold are always in the ratio of 3Good:4Better:5Best. Budgeted sales volume and prices, and cost details for the previous period were as follows:     Good Better Best Sales units 300 400 500 Selling price per unit GHS80 GHS55 GHS70 Contribution to sales ratio 70% 65% 50% The budgeted total fixed costs for the period were  GHS31,200 Required: Calculate for that period: (i)  The break-even sales revenue. (ii) The volume of each product that would have needed to be sold if the company had wanted to earn a profit of GHS29,520 in that period.

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)  ML sells three products: Good,  Better and Best. The market for the products dictates that the number of products sold are always in the ratio of 3Good:4Better:5Best. Budgeted sales volume

and prices, and cost details for the previous period were as follows:

 

 

Good

Better

Best

Sales units

300

400

500

Selling price per unit

GHS80

GHS55

GHS70

Contribution to sales ratio

70%

65%

50%

The budgeted total fixed costs for the period were  GHS31,200

Required:

Calculate for that period:

(i)  The break-even sales revenue.

(ii) The volume of each product that would have needed to be sold if the company had wanted to earn a profit of GHS29,520 in that period.

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