Lannion and Co. Is engaged in providing and marketing a standard advice service. Summarized results for the past two months reveal the following: Sales (units of the service) Sales revenue (€) Operating profit (€) October November 200 300 5.000 7.500 1.000 2.200 There were no price changes of any description during these two months. Required: a) Deduce the BEP (in units of the service) for Lannion and Co. b) State why the business might find it useful to know its BEP.

Lannion and Co. Is engaged in providing and marketing a standard advice service. Summarized results for the past two months reveal the following: Sales (units of the service) Sales revenue (€) Operating profit (€) October November 200 300 5.000 7.500 1.000 2.200 There were no price changes of any description during these two months. Required: a) Deduce the BEP (in units of the service) for Lannion and Co. b) State why the business might find it useful to know its BEP.

Principles of Accounting Volume 1

19th Edition

ISBN:9781947172685

Author:OpenStax

Publisher:OpenStax

Chapter6: Merchandising Transactions

Section: Chapter Questions

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