Cost Accounting (15th Edition)
15th Edition
ISBN: 9780133428704
Author: Charles T. Horngren, Srikant M. Datar, Madhav V. Rajan
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 3, Problem 3.46P
Sales mix, two products. The Stackpole Company retails two products: a standard and a deluxe version of a luggage carrier The
- 1. Compute the breakeven point in units, assuming that the company achieves its planned sales mix.
Required
- 2. Compute the breakeven point in units (a) if only standard carriers are sold and (b) if only deluxe carriers are sold.
- 3. Suppose 250,000 units are sold but only 50,000 of them are deluxe. Compute the operating income. Compute the breakeven point in units. Compare your answer with the answer to requirement 1. What is the major lesson of this problem?
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Use the information provided below to answer each of the following questions independently:
2.1
Calculate the break-even quantity.
(2 Marks)
2.2
Calculate the sales value required to achieve a net profit of R150 000, using the marginal
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INFORMATION
The following information was extracted from the budget of Mary's Manufacturers for the period July to
December 2021:
1.
Total production and sales
2 300 units
2.
Selling price per unit
R200
3.
Variable manufacturing costs per unit:
Direct materials
R60
Direct labour
R40
Overheads
R20
4.
Fixed manufacturing overheads
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5.
Other costs:
Fixed marketing and administrative costs
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Sales commission
10% of sales
Derby Phones is considering the introduction of a new model of headphones with the following price and cost characteristics.
Sales price
$
18
per unit
Variable costs
7
per unit
Fixed costs
27,000
per month
Assume that the projected number of units sold for the month is 7,000. Consider requirements (b), (c), and (d) independently of each other.
Required:
a. What will the operating profit be?
b. What is the impact on operating profit if the sales price decreases by 10 percent? Increases by 20 percent?
c. What is the impact on operating profit if variable costs per unit decrease by 10 percent? Increase by 20 percent?
d. Suppose that fixed costs for the year are 10 percent lower than projected, and variable costs per unit are 10 percent higher than projected. What impact will these cost changes have on operating profit for the year? Will profit go up? Down? By how much?
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