reak-Even Sales Under Present and Proposed Conditions Portmann Company, operating at full capacity, sold 1,000,000 units at a price of $190 per unit during the current year. Its income statement is as follows: Sales              $190,000,000  Cost of goods sold              (102,000,000) Gross profit              $88,000,000  Expenses:                Selling expenses    $15,000,000           Administrative expenses    14,700,000           Total expenses              (29,700,000) Operating income              $58,300,000 The division of costs between variable and fixed is as follows:      Variable    Fixed Cost of goods sold    70%         30%      Selling expenses    75%         25%      Administrative expenses    50%         50%      Management is considering a plant expansion program for the following year that will permit an increase of $11,400,000 in yearly sales. The expansion will increase fixed costs by $5,000,000 but will not affect the relationship between sales and variable costs. Required: 4.  Compute the break-even sales (units) under the proposed program for the following year. fill in the blank ? units 5.  Determine the amount of sales (units) that would be necessary under the proposed program to realize the $58,300,000 of operating income that was earned in the current year. fill in the blank ? units 6.  Determine the maximum operating income possible with the expanded plant. $ fill in the blank ?

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Break-Even Sales Under Present and Proposed Conditions

Portmann Company, operating at full capacity, sold 1,000,000 units at a price of $190 per unit during the current year. Its income statement is as follows:

Sales              $190,000,000 
Cost of goods sold              (102,000,000)
Gross profit              $88,000,000 
Expenses:               
Selling expenses    $15,000,000          
Administrative expenses    14,700,000          
Total expenses              (29,700,000)
Operating income              $58,300,000
The division of costs between variable and fixed is as follows:

     Variable    Fixed
Cost of goods sold    70%         30%     
Selling expenses    75%         25%     
Administrative expenses    50%         50%     
Management is considering a plant expansion program for the following year that will permit an increase of $11,400,000 in yearly sales. The expansion will increase fixed costs by $5,000,000 but will not affect the relationship between sales and variable costs.

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4.  Compute the break-even sales (units) under the proposed program for the following year. fill in the blank ? units

5.  Determine the amount of sales (units) that would be necessary under the proposed program to realize the $58,300,000 of operating income that was earned in the current year. fill in the blank ? units

6.  Determine the maximum operating income possible with the expanded plant.
$ fill in the blank ?

 7.  If the proposal is accepted and sales remain at the current level, what will the operating income or loss be for the following year?
$ fill in the blank ?   income or loss  ?  

if possible would you please be able to answer the last 4 question I'm stuck on ?

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