Product Blue                    Product Red                  £                                      £ Selling                                                        £12.00                               £24 variable cost                                               £4.00                                 £8 contribution margin                                    £ 8.00                                 £16Fixed costs apportioned                            £200,000                         £400,000 Budgeted Sales Units                                  140,000                            60,000 a.Calculate the breakeven points, for each product and the company as a whole and comment on your findings. b. Discuss the merits and demerits of the cost volume profit analysis (CVP)

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Chapter6: Cost-volume-profit Analysis
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 17E
Question

                 Product Blue                    Product Red

                 £                                      £

Selling                                                        £12.00                               £24
variable cost                                               £4.00                                 £8
contribution margin                                    £ 8.00                                 £16
Fixed costs apportioned                            £200,000                         £400,000
Budgeted Sales Units                                  140,000                            60,000

a.Calculate the breakeven points, for each product and the company as a whole and comment on your findings.

b. Discuss the merits and demerits of the cost volume profit analysis (CVP)

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