Healthy Foods Inc. sells 50-pound bags of grapes to the military for $10 a bag. The fixed costs of this operation are $92,000, while the variable costs of grapes are $0.10 per pound.   a. What is the break-even point in bags? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Break-even point    bags   b. Calculate the profit or loss (EBIT) on 16,000 bags and on 34,000 bags.   Bags Profit/Loss Amount 16,000     34,000       c. What is the degree of operating leverage at 26,000 bags and at 34,000 bags? (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) Bags Degree of Operating Leverage 26,000   34,000

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Healthy Foods Inc. sells 50-pound bags of grapes to the military for $10 a bag. The fixed costs of this operation are $92,000, while the variable costs of grapes are $0.10 per pound.
 

a. What is the break-even point in bags? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

Break-even point    bags

 

b. Calculate the profit or loss (EBIT) on 16,000 bags and on 34,000 bags.  

Bags Profit/Loss Amount
16,000    
34,000    

 

c. What is the degree of operating leverage at 26,000 bags and at 34,000 bags? (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

Bags Degree of Operating Leverage
26,000  
34,000  


d. If Healthy Foods has an annual interest expense of $10,000, calculate the degree of financial leverage at both 26,000 and 34,000 bags. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

Bags Degree of Financial Leverage
26,000  
34,000  

  

e. What is the degree of combined leverage at both 26,000 and 34,000 bags? (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

Bags Degree of Combined Leverage
26,000  
34,000  
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