National Company’s schedule of musicals is held, as planned, how many patrons would have to attend for National Company to break even during the summer season?

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If National Company’s schedule of musicals is held, as planned, how many patrons would have to attend for National Company to break even during the summer season?

National Company stages a number of summer musicals at its theater in Pasay.
Preliminary planning has just begun for the upcoming season, and it has developed
the following estimated data:
Production
Number of
Ticket Variable
Average
Attendance
Fixed
Costs
Performances
Price Costs
per
Performance
12
3,500
P18
P3
P165,000
Frozen
That's Life
All That Jazz
20
3,000
P15
P1
249,000
12
4,000
P20
PO
316,000
The variable costs represent payments to production companies and are based on
tickets sold. The fixed costs are directly associated with the entire run of each
production for costumes, sets, and artist fees.
National Company will also incur P565,000 of common fixed operating charges
(administrative overhead, facility costs, and advertising) for the entire season and is
subiect to a 30% income tax rate.
Transcribed Image Text:National Company stages a number of summer musicals at its theater in Pasay. Preliminary planning has just begun for the upcoming season, and it has developed the following estimated data: Production Number of Ticket Variable Average Attendance Fixed Costs Performances Price Costs per Performance 12 3,500 P18 P3 P165,000 Frozen That's Life All That Jazz 20 3,000 P15 P1 249,000 12 4,000 P20 PO 316,000 The variable costs represent payments to production companies and are based on tickets sold. The fixed costs are directly associated with the entire run of each production for costumes, sets, and artist fees. National Company will also incur P565,000 of common fixed operating charges (administrative overhead, facility costs, and advertising) for the entire season and is subiect to a 30% income tax rate.
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