Q2 (a) Kimberley-Clark makes luxury hampers for sale in a chain of high-class department stores. The following financial information is available in Table Q2. Current output and sales are set at 30,000 hampers per year, though the firm has the capacity to produce 50,000 hampers per year. Table Q2 COST ELEMENT PRICE (RM) 80 1. Wholesale price 2. Labor and material costs 3. Bought-in components 4. Overheads 15 25 800,000 (iii) Calculate the break-even quantity for the firm. (iv) Calculate the level of profit the firm is making.
Q2 (a) Kimberley-Clark makes luxury hampers for sale in a chain of high-class department stores. The following financial information is available in Table Q2. Current output and sales are set at 30,000 hampers per year, though the firm has the capacity to produce 50,000 hampers per year. Table Q2 COST ELEMENT PRICE (RM) 80 1. Wholesale price 2. Labor and material costs 3. Bought-in components 4. Overheads 15 25 800,000 (iii) Calculate the break-even quantity for the firm. (iv) Calculate the level of profit the firm is making.
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Kimberley-Clark makes luxury hampers for sale in a chain of high-class department
stores. The following financial information is available in Table Q2. Current output
and sales are set at 30,000 hampers per year, though the firm has the capacity to
produce 50,000 hampers per year.
Table Q2
COST ELEMENT
PRICE (RM)
1. Wholesale price
2. Labor and material costs
3. Bought-in components
4. Overheads
80
15
25
800,000
(iii)
Calculate the break-even quantity for the firm.
(iv)
Calculate the level of profit the firm is making.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fd204e25d-998c-43b9-b977-41761b1bac91%2F738cc0f7-83e4-4909-a7c7-8f4f06537e43%2Fvd8zztb_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Q2 (a)
Kimberley-Clark makes luxury hampers for sale in a chain of high-class department
stores. The following financial information is available in Table Q2. Current output
and sales are set at 30,000 hampers per year, though the firm has the capacity to
produce 50,000 hampers per year.
Table Q2
COST ELEMENT
PRICE (RM)
1. Wholesale price
2. Labor and material costs
3. Bought-in components
4. Overheads
80
15
25
800,000
(iii)
Calculate the break-even quantity for the firm.
(iv)
Calculate the level of profit the firm is making.
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