Crossfire Company segments its business into two regions-East and West. The company prepared a contribution format segmented income statement as shown below: Sales Variable expenses Contribution margin Traceable fixed expenses Total Company $1,035,000 828,000 207,000 136, 000 East $ 690,000 579,600 110,400 59,000 $ 51,400 West $ 345,000 248,400 96,600 77,000 $ 19,600 Segment margin Common fixed expenses 71,000 60,000 Net operating income 11,000 Required: 1. Compute the companywide break-even point in dollar sales. 2. Compute the break-even point in dollar sales for the East region. 3. Compute the break-even point in dollar sales for the West region. 4. Prepare a new segmented income statement based on the break-even dollar sales that you computed i requirements 2 and 3. Use the same format as shown above. What is Crossfire's net operating income (loss) in your new segmented income statement? 5. Do you think that Crossfire should allocate its common fixed expenses to the East and West regions when computing the break- even points for each region?

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1. Compute the companywide break-even point in dollar sales.
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Crossfire Company segments its business into two regions-East and West. The company prepared a contribution format segmented
income statement as shown below:
Sales
Variable expenses
Contribution margin
Traceable fixed expenses
Total
Company
$1,035,000
828,000
207,000
136,000
East
$ 690,000
579,600
110,400
59,000
$ 51,400
West
$ 345,000
248,400
96,600
77,000
$ 19,600
Segment margin
Common fixed expenses
71,000
60,000
Net operating income
11,000
Required:
1. Compute the companywide break-even point in dollar sales.
2. Compute the break-even point in dollar sales for the East region.
3. Compute the break-even point in dollar sales for the West region.
4. Prepare a new segmented income statement based on the break-even dollar sales that you computed ig requirements 2 and 3. Use
the same format as shown above. What is Crossfire's net operating income (loss) in your new segmented income statement?
5. Do you think that Crossfire should allocate its common fixed expenses to the East and West regions when computing the break-
even points for each region?
Transcribed Image Text:Crossfire Company segments its business into two regions-East and West. The company prepared a contribution format segmented income statement as shown below: Sales Variable expenses Contribution margin Traceable fixed expenses Total Company $1,035,000 828,000 207,000 136,000 East $ 690,000 579,600 110,400 59,000 $ 51,400 West $ 345,000 248,400 96,600 77,000 $ 19,600 Segment margin Common fixed expenses 71,000 60,000 Net operating income 11,000 Required: 1. Compute the companywide break-even point in dollar sales. 2. Compute the break-even point in dollar sales for the East region. 3. Compute the break-even point in dollar sales for the West region. 4. Prepare a new segmented income statement based on the break-even dollar sales that you computed ig requirements 2 and 3. Use the same format as shown above. What is Crossfire's net operating income (loss) in your new segmented income statement? 5. Do you think that Crossfire should allocate its common fixed expenses to the East and West regions when computing the break- even points for each region?
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