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On-the-Go, Inc., produces two models of traveling cases for laptop computers—the Programmer and the Executive. The bags have the following characteristics.
Programmer | Executive | |||||
Selling price per bag | $ | 70 | $ | 100 | ||
Variable cost per bag | $ | 30 | $ | 40 | ||
Expected sales (bags) per year | 8,000 | 12,000 | ||||
The total fixed costs per year for the company are $819,000.
Required:
a. What is the anticipated level of profits for the expected sales volumes?
b. Assuming that the product mix is the same at the break-even point, compute the break-even point.
c. If the product sales mix were to change to nine Programmer-style bags for each Executive-style bag, what would be the new break-even volume for On-the-Go?
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