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Transcribed Image Text:Break-Even Sales Under Present and Proposed Conditions
Portmann Company, operating at full capacity, sold 1,000,000 units at a price of $187 per unit during the current year. Its income statement is as follows:
Sales
$187,000,000
Cost of goods sold
(101,000,000)
Gross profit
$86,000,000
Expenses:
Selling expenses
$14,000,000
Administrative expenses 11,600,000
Total expenses
(25,600,000)
Operating income
$60,400,000
| The division of costs between variable and fixed is as follows:
Variable
Fixed
Cost of goods sold
70%
30%
Selling expenses
75%
25%
50%
50%
expenses
Management is considering a plant expansion program for the following year that will permit an increase of $11,220,000 in yearly sales. The expansion will increase fixed
costs by $4,500,000 but will not affect the relationship between sales and variable costs.
1. Determine the total variable costs and the total fixed costs for the current year.
Total variable costs
87,000,000
Total fixed costs
39,600,000
2. Determine (a) the unit variable cost and (b) the unit contribution margin for the current year.
Unit variable cost
87
Unit contribution margin
100
3. Compute the break-even sales (units) for the current year.
396,000
V units
4. Compute the break-even sales (units) under the proposed program for the following year.
441,000
V units
5. Determine the amount of sales (units) that would be necessary under the proposed program to realize the $60,400,000 of operating income that was earned in the
current year.
units
6. Determine the maximum operating income possible with the expanded plant.
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?
Income v
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