Question

During March, Adams Company had sales of $5,000,000, variable expenses of $3,000,000, and fixed expenses of $1,500,000. Assume that cost behavior and unit selling price remain unchanged during April. In order for the company to realize net operating income of $300,000 for April, sales would have to be: Ans: a. $3,750,000. b. $4,050,000. c. $4,500,000. d. $4,800,000.

Answer 1

Option (c) is correct.

Step-by-step explanation:

Variable cost as a percent of sales:

= (Variable expenses ÷ Sales) × 100

= ($3,000,000 ÷ $5,000,000) × 100

= 60%

If Sales = X

then Variable cost is 0.6X (i.e. 60% of Sales)

Sales - Variable cost - fixed expenses = net operating income

X - 0.6X - 1,500,000 = 300,000

0.4X = 300000 + 1500000 = 1800000

X = 1800000 ÷ 0.4

= 4,500,000