Reference no: EM132417086

Swift Start is a gas tank additive guaranteed to put a "tiger in your tank", as Exxon commercials once boasted. Its production has the following fixed and variable costs. It is priced at $5.00 per gallon to begin with:

           Fixed costs (per year)                           Variable Costs per gallon

           Rent                            $12000                       Volatile Fluids  $1.00

           Utilities                          1800            Mfg. Labor                      .10

           Managerial salaries       16800            Advertising                      .25

           Computer services        19200            Packaging                     .15

           Other fixed expense        1080            Inert ingredients               .50   

                       Total fixed        $50880                        Total                $2.00

1. What is the annual breakeven production quantity (use above data, show work)?
2. What revenue would the sale of the breakeven quantity for $5 per gallon generate?
3. How many gallons (at $5 each) must be sold to earn $100000 above breakeven? (show your calculations)
4. Management believes that only 25000 gallons can be sold in a year. What price per gallon needs to be charged to pay the fixed costs and earn $100000 more (variable costs remain as initially given)(show your work)?
5. What is the Contribution Margin Ratio (CMR) if the price per gallon is $7.00
6. If a price of $9.00 per gallon is charged and it is desired to earn $100000 above fixed costs, what will the DOL be if only 25000 gallons is sold?