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Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis Belli-Pitt, Inc, produces a single product. The results of the company's operations for a typical month are summarized in contribution format as follows:

Sales................................... $540,000

Variable expenses.............. 360,000

Contribution margin .......... 180,000

Fixed expenses .................. 120,000

Net operating income ........ $ 60,000

The company produced and sold 120,000 kilograms of product during the month. There were no beginning or ending inventories.

Required:

a. Given the present situation, compute

Question 1. The break-even sales in kilograms.

Question 2. The break-even sales in dollars.

Question 3. The sales in kilograms that would be required to produce net operating income of $90,000.

Question 4. The margin of safety in dollars. b. An important part of processing is performed by a machine that is currently being leased for $20,000 per month. Belli-Pitt has been offered an arrangement whereby it would pay $0.10 royalty per kilogram processed by the machine rather than the monthly lease.

1. Should the company choose the lease or the royalty plan?

2. Under the royalty plan compute break-even point in kilograms.

3. Under the royalty plan compute break-even point in dollars.

4. Under the royalty plan determine the sales in kilograms that would be required to produce net operating income of $90,000.