Reference no: EM1370916
Q. Ken's Bicycle Shop sells mountain bikes. For purposes of a cost-volume-profit analysis, shop owner has divided sales into two categories, as follows:
Product Category Sales Price Invoice Cost Sales Commissions
High quality $700 $375 20% of sales
Medium quality 500 235 20% of sales
shop anticipates selling 500 bicycles, 300 of which will be medium quality. Annual fixed costs are $80,000. Ignore taxes.
Required
a. Illustrate what is shop's sales mix?
b. Illustrate what is shop's break-even sales volume in dollars? (Hint: Find break-even sales volume first.)
c. Explain how many bicycles of each type must firm sell to earn a target net income of $50,000?
d. Build your own spreadsheet. Prepare a computer spreadsheet to complete requirements (a)-
(c) of this exercise. Illustrate what if market for high quality bikes drops 20 percent and Ken maintains market share?