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PROBLEM 2 Chapter 3

The Firestone Company retails two products, a standard and a deluxe version of a luggage carrier.  The budgeted income statement is as follows:

 

                                                                                      Standard   Carrier          Deluxe  Carrier          Total

Units sold                                                                                 150,000                   50,000                 200,000                           

Revenues @ $20 and $30 per unit                                                    $3,000,000           $1,500,000            $4,500,000

Variable costs@ $14 and $18 per unit                                               $2,100,000           $   900,000            $3,000,000

Contribution margins@ $6 and $12 per unit                                          $   900,000           $   600,000           $1,500,000

Fixed costs                                                                                                                                         $1,200,000

Operating income                                                                                                                                  $   300,000

 

REQUIRED:

1.       Compute the breakeven point in units, assuming that the planned revenue mix is maintained

2.       Compute the breakeven point in units if

a.       Only standard carriers are sold

b.       Only deluxe carriers are sold

3.       Suppose 200,000 units are sold, but only 20,000 are deluxe.  Compute the operating income.  Compute the breakeven point if these relationships persist in the next period.  Compare your answers with the original plans and the answer in requirement 1.  What is the major lesson of this problem?

 

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