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Financial & Managerial Accounting
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ISBN: 9781337515498
Author: WARREN
Publisher: Cengage
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Chapter 19, Problem 1ADM
A)
To determine
Break-even Point: It refers to a point in the level of operations at which a company experiences its revenues generated is equal to its costs incurred. Thus, when a company reaches at its break-even point, it reports neither an income nor a loss from operations. The formula to calculate the break-even point in sales units is as follows:
the break-even number of passengers for the eight-day cruise.
B)
To determine
the profit or loss for the cruise if 900 passengers booked the cruise.
D)
To determine
To explain: the response of the cruise line if the cruise cannot book enough passengers to break-even.
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The variable costs per passenger for the eight-day cruise include thefollowing:
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The price of the cruise is $2,400 per passenger.A. Determine the break-even number of passengers for the eight- day cruise.B. Assume 900 passengers booked the cruise. What would be the profit or loss for the cruise?C. Assume the cruise was booked to capacity. What would be theprofit or loss for the cruise?D. If the cruise cannot book enough passengers to break even, howmight the cruise line respond?
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