Revenue and cost details for a company’s single product are as follows:                                BWP per unit      BWP per unit Sales price                                             27 Variable cost                    15 Fixed cost                          8                                                                 (23) Profit                                                             4   Fixed costs are absorbed based on the company’s normal activity, which is also the company’s budgeted sales value for each period. Last period there were no changes in inventory and the company achieved a margin of safety of 20% of the actual sales volume. Fixed costs were over-absorbed by P2,400. Required: a. Calculate the breakeven point in units for each period.

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Revenue and cost details for a company’s single product are as follows:
                               BWP per unit      BWP per unit
Sales price                                             27
Variable cost                    15
Fixed cost                          8

                                                                (23)

Profit                                                             4

 

Fixed costs are absorbed based on the company’s normal activity, which is also the
company’s budgeted sales value for each period. Last period there were no changes in
inventory and the company achieved a margin of safety of 20% of the actual sales volume.
Fixed costs were over-absorbed by P2,400.
Required:
a. Calculate the breakeven point in units for each period.

 

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