Gernon Company produces scientific and business calculators. For the coming year, Gernon expects to sell 20,000 scientific calculators and 100,000 business calculators. A segmented income statement for the two products follows:                             (continued)           Segment margin   $140,000   $ 140,000   $ 280,000 Less: Common fixed costs          145,000 Operating income       $ 135,000   Required 1.        Compute the number of scientific calculators and the number of business calcu- lators that must be sold to break even. 2.        Using information from only the “Total” column of the income statement, com- pute the sales revenue that must be generated for the company to break even.

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Gernon Company produces scientific and business calculators. For the coming year, Gernon expects to sell 20,000 scientific calculators and 100,000 business calculators. A segmented income statement for the two products follows:

 

                          Text Box: 	Scientific	Business	Total Sales	$500,000	$2,000,000	$2,500,000 Less: Variable costs	  240,000	 	900,000	  1,140,000 Contribution margin	$260,000	$ 1,100,000	$1,360,000 Less: Direct fixed costs	  120,000	 	960,000	  1,080,000

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Segment margin

 

$140,000

 

$ 140,000

 

$ 280,000

Less: Common fixed costs

 

 

     145,000

Operating income

 

 

  $ 135,000

 

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1.        Compute the number of scientific calculators and the number of business calcu- lators that must be sold to break even.

2.        Using information from only the “Total” column of the income statement, com- pute the sales revenue that must be generated for the company to break even.

 

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