Zippy Quadcopters plans to sell a standard quadcopter (toy drone) for $40 and a deluxe quadcopter for $60. Zippy purchases the standard quadcopter for $20 and thedeluxe quadcopter for $30. Management expects to sell two deluxe quadcopters for every three standard quadcopters. The company's monthly fixed expenses are$25,200. How many of each type of quadcopter must Zippy sell monthly to breakeven? To earn $15,600?First identify the formula to compute the sales in units at various levels of operating income using the contribution margin approach. (Abbreviations used: Avg. =average, and CM = contribution margin.)+÷Breakeven sales in units

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Deuce Sporting Goods manufactures a high-end model tennis racket. The company’s forecasted income statement for the year, before any special orders, is as follows: Fixed costs included in the forecasted income statement are $400,000 in manufacturing cost of goods sold and $200,000 in selling expenses. A new client placed a special order with Deuce, offering to buy 1,000 tennis rackets for $100.00 each. The company will incur no additional selling expenses if it accepts the special order. Assuming that Deuce has sufficient capacity to manufacture 1,000 more tennis rackets, by what amount would differential income increase (decrease) as a result of accepting the special order? (Hint: First compute the variable cost per unit relevant to this decision.)
Jansen Crafters has the capacity to produce 50,000 oak shelves per year and is currently selling 44,000 shelves for $32 each. Cutrate Furniture approached Jansen about buying 1,200 shelves for bookcases it is building and is willing to pay $26 for each shelf. No packaging will be required for the bulk order. Jansen usually packages shelves for Home Depot at a price of $1.50 per shell. The $1.50 per-shelf cost is included in the unit variable cost of $27, with annual fixed costs of $320.000. However, the $130 packaging cost will not apply in this case. The fixed costs will be unaffected by the special order and the company has the capacity to accept the order. Based on this information, what would be the profit if Jansen accepts the special order? A. Profits will decrease by $1,200. B. Profits will increase by $31,200. C. Profits will increase by $600. D. Profits will increase by $7,200.
Cadre, Inc., sells a single product with a selling price of $120 and variable costs per unit of $90. The companys monthly fixed expenses are $180,000. What is the companys break-even point in units? What is the companys break-even point in dollars? Prepare a contribution margin income statement for the month of October when they will sell 10,000 units. How many units will Cadre need to sell in order to realize a target profit of $300,000? What dollar sales will Cadre need to generate in order to realize a target profit of $300,000? Construct a contribution margin income statement for the month of August that reflects $2,400,000 in sales revenue for Cadre, Inc.
Kerr Manufacturing sells a single product with a selling price of $600 with variable costs per unit of $360. The companys monthly fixed expenses are $72,000. What is the companys break-even point in units? What is the companys break-even point in dollars? Prepare a contribution margin income statement for the month of January when they will sell 500 units. How many units will Kerr need to sell in order to realize a target profit of $120,000? What dollar sales will Kerr need to generate in order to realize a target profit of $120,000? Construct a contribution margin income statement for the month of June that reflects $600,000 in sales revenue for Kerr Manufacturing.
Maple Enterprises sells a single product with a selling price of $75 and variable costs per unit of $30. The companys monthly fixed expenses are $22,500. What is the companys break-even point in units? What is the companys break-even point in dollars? Construct a contribution margin income statement for the month of September when they will sell 900 units. How many units will Maple need to sell in order to reach a target profit of $45,000? What dollar sales will Maple need in order to reach a target profit of $45,000? Construct a contribution margin income statement for Maple that reflects $150,000 in sales volume.
Marlin Motors sells a single product with a selling price of $400 with variable costs per unit of $160. The companys monthly fixed expenses are $36,000. What is the companys break-even point in units? What is the companys break-even point in dollars? Prepare a contribution margin income statement for the month of November when they will sell 130 units. How many units will Marlin need to sell in order to realize a target profit of $48,000? What dollar sales will Marlin need to generate in order to realize a target profit of $48.000? Construct a contribution margin income statement for the month of February that reflects $200,000 in sales revenue for Marlin Motors.
Shelby Industries has a capacity to produce 45.000 oak shelves per year and is currently selling 40,000 shelves for $32 each. Martin Hardwoods has approached Shelby about buying 1,200 shelves for a new project and is willing to pay $26 each. The shelves can be packaged in bulk; this saves Shelby $1.50 per shelf compared to the normal packaging cost. Shelves have a unit variable cost of $27 with fixed costs of $350,000. Because the shelves dont require packaging, the unit variable costs for the special order will drop from $27 per shelf to $25.50 per shelf. Shelby has enough idle capacity to accept the contract. What is the minimum price per shelf that Shelby should accept for this special order?
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Mortech makes digital cameras for drones. Their basic digital camera uses $80 in variable costs and requires $1,500 per month in fixed costs. Mortech sells 200 cameras per month. If they process the camera further to enhance its functionality, it will require an additional $45 per unit of variable costs, plus an increase in fixed costs of $1,000 per month. The current price of the camera is $200. The marketing manager is positive that they can sell more and charge a higher price for the improved version. At what price level would the upgraded camera begin to improve operational earnings?
Ottis, Inc., uses 640,000 plastic housing units each year in its production of paper shredders. The cost of placing an order is 30. The cost of holding one unit of inventory for one year is 15.00. Currently, Ottis places 160 orders of 4,000 plastic housing units per year. Required: 1. Compute the economic order quantity. 2. Compute the ordering, carrying, and total costs for the EOQ. 3. How much money does using the EOQ policy save the company over the policy of purchasing 4,000 plastic housing units per order?
Schylar Pharmaceuticals, Inc., plans to sell 130,000 units of antibiotic at an average price of 22 each in the coming year. Total variable costs equal 1,086,800. Total fixed costs equal 8,000,000. (Round all ratios to four significant digits, and round all dollar amounts to the nearest dollar.) Required: 1. What is the contribution margin per unit? What is the contribution margin ratio? 2. Calculate the sales revenue needed to break even. 3. Calculate the sales revenue needed to achieve a target profit of 245,000. 4. What if the average price per unit increased to 23.50? Recalculate: a. Contribution margin per unit b. Contribution margin ratio (rounded to four decimal places) c. Sales revenue needed to break even d. Sales revenue needed to achieve a target profit of 245,000

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