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Concept introduction:
Break-Even Point: The level of sales at which profits are zero refers to break-even point. In other words, it is the point where total revenue equals total cost and total contribution margin equals total fixed cost.
Requirement 1a:
To compute:
The break-even point in sales units for Praveen Co. that manufactures and markets a number of rope products.
Concept introduction:
Break-Even Point: The level of sales at which profits are zero refers to break-even point. In other words, it is the point where total revenue equals total cost and total contribution margin equals total fixed cost.
Requirement 1b:
To compute:
The break-even point in sales dollars for Praveen Co. that manufactures and markets a number of rope products.
Concept introduction:
Break-Even Point: The level of sales at which profits are zero refers to break-even point. In other words, it is the point where total revenue equals total cost and total contribution margin equals total fixed cost.
Cost-volume-profit chart: Cost-volume-profit chart is very useful in the planning phase of a business. It involves predicting the volume of sales activity, the costs to be incurred, revenues to be received, and profits to be earned. It is also useful in what-if analysis.
Requirement 2:
To prepare:
The CVP chart for Product XT using 7000 units as the maximum number of sales units on the horizontal axis of the graph and $1, 400, 000 as the maximum dollar amount on the vertical axis.
Concept introduction:
Break-Even Point: The level of sales at which profits are zero refers to break-even point. In other words, it is the point where total revenue equals total cost and total contribution margin equals total fixed cost.
Requirement 3:
To prepare:
The contribution margin income statement showing sales, variable costs and fixed costs for Product XT as the break-even point.
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