Vista Company manufactures electronic equipment. It currently purchases the special switches used in each of its products from an outside supplier. The supplier charges Vista $6.50 per switch. Vista's CEO is considering purchasing either machine A or machine B so the company can manufacture its own switches. The projected data are as follows: Annual fixed costs Variable cost per switch Required: Machine A Machine B $ 812,150 $ 1,112,775 2.11 0.95 1. For each machine, what is the minimum number of switches that Vista must make annually for total costs to equal outside purchase cost? 2. What volume level would produce the same total costs regardless of the machine purchased? 3. What is the most profitable alternative for producing 260,000 switches per year and what is the total cost of that alternative? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 For each machine, what is the minimum number of switches that Vista must make annually for total costs to equal outside purchase cost? (Do not round intermediate calculations.) Minimum number of switches Machine A Machine B

Polaris Inc. manufactures two types of metal stampings for the automobile industry: door handles and trim kits. Fixed cost equals 146,000. Each door handle sells for 12 and has variable cost of 9; each trim kit sells for 8 and has variable cost of 5. Required: 1. What are the contribution margin per unit and the contribution margin ratio for door handles and for trim kits? 2. If Polaris sells 20,000 door handles and 40,000 trim kits, what is the operating income? 3. How many door handles and how many trim kits must be sold for Polaris to break even? 4. CONCEPTUAL CONNECTION Assume that Polaris has the opportunity to rearrange its plant to produce only trim kits. If this is done, fixed costs will decrease by 35,000, and 70,000 trim kits can be produced and sold. Is this a good idea? Explain.

Deuce Sporting Goods manufactures a high-end model tennis racket. The company’s forecasted income statement for the year, before any special orders, is as follows: Fixed costs included in the forecasted income statement are $400,000 in manufacturing cost of goods sold and $200,000 in selling expenses. A new client placed a special order with Deuce, offering to buy 1,000 tennis rackets for $100.00 each. The company will incur no additional selling expenses if it accepts the special order. Assuming that Deuce has sufficient capacity to manufacture 1,000 more tennis rackets, by what amount would differential income increase (decrease) as a result of accepting the special order? (Hint: First compute the variable cost per unit relevant to this decision.)

Country Diner currently makes cookies for its boxed lunches. It uses 40,000 cookies annually in the production of the boxed lunches. The costs to make the cookies are: A potential supplier has offered to sell Country Diner the cookies for $0.85 each. If the cookies are purchased, 10% of the fixed overhead could be avoided. If Jason accepts the offer, what will the effect on profit be?

Almond Treats manufactures various types of cereals that feature almonds. Acme Cereal Company has approached Almond Treats with a proposal to sell the company its top selling cereal at a price of $22,000 for 20,000 pounds. The costs shown are associated with production of 20,000 pounds of almond cereal: The manufacturing overhead consists of $2,000 of variable costs with the balance being allocated to fixed costs. Should Almond Treats make or buy the almond cereal?

Markson and Sons leases a copy machine with terms that include a fixed fee each month plus acharge for each copy made. Markson made 9,000 copies and paid a total of $480 in January. In April, they paid $320 for 5,000 copies. What is the variable cost per copy if Markson uses the high-low method to analyze costs?

Vista Company manufactures electronic equipment. It currently purchases the special switches used in each of its products from an outside supplier. The supplier charges Vista $5.20 per switch. Vista 's CEO is considering purchasing either machine A or machine B so the company can manufacture its own switches. The projected data are as follows: Machine A Machine B Annual fixed costs $ 582, 450 $ 792, 100 Variable cost per switch 1.67 0.75 Required: 1. For each machine, what is the minimum number of switches that Vista must make annually for total costs to equal outside purchase cost? 2. What volume level would produce the same total costs regardless of the machine purchased? 3. What is the most profitable alternative for producing 230,000 switches per year and what is the total cost of that alternative?

Vista Company manufactures electronic equipment. It currently purchases the special switches used in each of its products from an outside supplier. The supplier charges Vista $1.45 per switch. Vista’s CEO is considering purchasing either machine A or machine B so the company can manufacture its own switches. The projected data are as follows:     Machine A Machine B Annual fixed costs $ 108,900 $ 145,000 Variable cost per switch 0.46 0.20   Required: 1. For each machine, what is the minimum number of switches that Vista must make annually for total costs to equal outside purchase cost? 2. What volume level would produce the same total costs regardless of the machine purchased? 3. What is the most profitable alternative for producing 150,000 switches per year and what is the total cost of that alternative?

Vista Company manufactures electronic equipment. It currently purchases the special switches used in each of its products from an outside supplier. The supplier charges Vista $5.50 per switch. Vista's CEO is considering purchasing either machine A or machine B so the company can manufacture its own switches. The projected data are as follows: Annual fixed costs Variable cost per switch Machine A $632,400 1.78 Required: 1. For each machine, what is the minimum number of switches that Vista must make annually for total costs to equal outside purchase cost? 2. What volume level would produce the same total costs regardless of the machine purchased? 3. What is the most profitable alternative for producing 235,000 switches per year and what is the total cost of that alternative? Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Machine B $ 860,100 0.80 Minimum number of switches For each machine, what is the minimum number of switches that…

Baird Electronics currently produces the shipping containers it uses to deliver the electronics products it sells. The monthly cost of producing 9,100 containers follows. $ 6,500 6,400 4,100 9,600 27,900 Unit-level materials Unit-level labor Unit-level overhead Product-level costs* Allocated facility-level costs *One-third of these costs can be avoided by purchasing the containers. Russo Container Company has offered to sell comparable containers to Baird for $2.60 each. Required a. Calculate the total relevant cost. Should Baird continue to make the containers? b. Baird could lease the space it currently uses in the manufacturing process. If leasing would produce $11,200 per month, calculate the total avoidable costs. Should Baird continue to make the containers? a. Total relevant cost Should Baird continue to make the containers? b. Total avoidable cost Should Baird continue to make the containers?