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Answer:
a. What should the company establish as the sales price per unit if it sets a target of earning an operating income of $700,000 by producing and selling 60,000 units during the first year of operations?
- $64.50
b. At the unit sales price computed in part a, how many units must the company produce and sell to break even?
- 55,173 units
c. What will be the margin of safety (in dollars) if the company produces and sells 60,000 units at the sales price computed in part a?
- $311,341.50
Explanation:
variable costs per unit:
direct materials $25
direct labor $15
manufacturing overhead $8
selling expenses $2
total $50
fixed costs per unit:
manufacturing overhead $500,000
administrative expenses $300,000
total $800,000
assuming the company actually produces and sells the 60,000 units
units sold = (fixed costs + expected profits) / contribution margin
60,000 = $870,000 / contribution margin
contribution margin = $870,000 / 60,000 = $14.50
contribution margin = sales price - variable costs
$14.50 = sales price - $50
sales price = $50 + $14.50 = $64.50
break even point = fixed costs / contribution margin = $800,000 / $14.50 = 55,172.41 ≈ 55,173 units
margin of safety = current sales - break even point = (60,000 x $64.50) - (55,173 x $64.50) = $311,341.50