Suppose you manufacture and sell motorcycle helmets.  Helmets sell for $25 each.  Information about the company’s costs is as follows                     Variable manufacturing cost per unit                             $7 Variable selling and administrative cost per unit         $3 Fixed manufacturing overhead per month                   $300,000 Fixed selling and administrative cost per month           $600,000                                         a) Determine the company’s break-even point in units         b) Determine the company’s break-even sales volume in $           c) Calculate unit contribution margin         d) Determine the sales volume (in $) required for a monthly operating income of $1,300,000         e) Determine the sales volume required to reach an income of $1,300,000 in units of helmets.         f) Estimate the company’s monthly operating loss if it sells only 70,000 units of helmets.

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Suppose you manufacture and sell motorcycle helmets.  Helmets sell for $25 each.  Information about the company’s costs is as follows                    

Variable manufacturing cost per unit                             $7

Variable selling and administrative cost per unit         $3

Fixed manufacturing overhead per month                   $300,000

Fixed selling and administrative cost per month           $600,000                                      

 

  1. a) Determine the company’s break-even point in units

 

 

 

 

  1. b) Determine the company’s break-even sales volume in $

 

 

 

 

 

  1. c) Calculate unit contribution margin

 

 

 

 

  1. d) Determine the sales volume (in $) required for a monthly operating income of $1,300,000

 

 

 

 

  1. e) Determine the sales volume required to reach an income of $1,300,000 in units of helmets.

 

 

 

 

  1. f) Estimate the company’s monthly operating loss if it sells only 70,000 units of helmets.
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