ABD Company publishes Imaginative Mystery. Last year the book of puzzles sold for PHP500with variable operating cost per book of PhP400 and fixed operating costs ofPHP2,000,000. How many books must ABD sell this year to achieve the breakeven pointfor the stated operating costs, given the following different circumstances?а.All figures remain the same as for last year.b. Fixed operating costs increase to PhP2,200,000; all other figures remain the same.c. The selling price increases to PhP525; all costs remain the same as for last year.d. Variable operating cost per book increases to PHP425; all other figures remain the sameas for last year.С.е.What conclusions about the operating breakeven point can be drawn from youranswers in letters a to d?

ABD Company's Sale price = Php500 Variable cost per unit = Php400 Contribution per unit = Sale price…

ABD Company publishes Imaginative Mystery. Last year the book of puzzles sold for PhP500 with variable operating cost per book of PhP400 and fixed operating costs of PhP2,000,000. How many books must ABD sell this year to achieve the breakeven point for the stated operating costs, given the following different circumstances? All figures remain the same as for last year. а. b. Fixed operating costs increase to PhP2,200,000; all other figures remain the same. с. The selling price increases to PhP525; all costs remain the same as for last year.

ABD Company publishes Imaginative Mystery. Last year the book of puzzles sold for PhP500 with variable operating cost per book of PhP400 and fixed operating costs of PhP2,000,000. How many books must ABD sell this year to achieve the breakeven point for the stated operating costs, given the following different circumstances? All figures remain the same as for last year. а. b. Fixed operating costs increase to PhP2,200,000; all other figures remain the same. с. The selling price increases to PhP525; all costs remain the same as for last year.

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Chapter16: Cost-volume-profit Analysis

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