MSRP $5.39 $4.99 Volume Discount 35% 35% Unit Cost $1.49 $1.49 Promotional Allowance 15% 20% Advertising and Promotion $25 Million $20 Million Allocated Fixed Costs $68 M $12 M Projected Unit Sales 115M 10M A firm has an existing product with a combined advertising and promotion budget of $25.0 million and with projected sales of 115 million units. They are launching a new product with a budget of $20.0 million and estimated sales of 10 million units in the first year. The sales force expense of $10 million has been allocated equally between products; 90% of the plant overhead has been allocated to the existing product, and 10%, to the new product. Additional values for each product are shown in the table above. 1. Production anticipates it will need to increase capacity to 140 million units, adding $10.0 million to annual fixed costs. If the product allocation of the plant cost is also changed to 80%/20%, what is the impact on break-even units? Please use the chart below to record your answer.   Existing Product New Prouct Total Fixed Cost     Unit Selling Price     Unit Variable Cost     Beak-Even Units

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MSRP $5.39 $4.99
Volume Discount 35% 35%
Unit Cost $1.49 $1.49
Promotional Allowance 15% 20%
Advertising and Promotion $25 Million $20 Million
Allocated Fixed Costs $68 M $12 M
Projected Unit Sales 115M 10M

A firm has an existing product with a combined advertising and promotion budget of $25.0 million and with projected sales of 115 million units. They are launching a new product with a budget of $20.0 million and estimated sales of 10 million units in the first year. The sales force expense of $10 million has been allocated equally between products; 90% of the plant overhead has been allocated to the existing product, and 10%, to the new product. Additional values for each product are shown in the table above.

1. Production anticipates it will need to increase capacity to 140 million units, adding $10.0 million to annual fixed costs. If the product allocation of the plant cost is also changed to 80%/20%, what is the impact on break-even units? Please use the chart below to record your answer.

  Existing Product New Prouct
Total Fixed Cost    
Unit Selling Price    
Unit Variable Cost    
Beak-Even Units  

 

 

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