s. The company has fixed expenses of $100,000 and variable exp rendy Ten needed to sell to earn a $25,000 operating income was ge by increasing its fixed costs to $115,000, how many packages less than before? Why? HILD compute the sales in units at various levels of operating income Operating income Contribution margin pe arest whole unit.) packages to generate $25,000 of operating income.
s. The company has fixed expenses of $100,000 and variable exp rendy Ten needed to sell to earn a $25,000 operating income was ge by increasing its fixed costs to $115,000, how many packages less than before? Why? HILD compute the sales in units at various levels of operating income Operating income Contribution margin pe arest whole unit.) packages to generate $25,000 of operating income.
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Transcribed Image Text:Trendy Ten produces sports socks. The company has fixed expenses of $100,000 and variable expenses of $1.00 per package. Each package sells for
$2.00. The number of packages Trendy Ten needed to sell to earn a $25,000 operating income was 125,000 packages. If Trendy Ten can decrease its
variable costs to $0.90 per package by increasing its fixed costs to $115,000, how many packages will it have to sell to generate $25,000 of
operating income? Is this more or less than before? Why?
Begin by identifying the formula to compute the sales in units at various levels of operating income using the contribution margin approach.
Fixed expenses
Operating income
)+ Contribution margin per unit
Sales in units
(Round your answer up to the nearest whole unit.)
Trendy Ten will have to sell
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