Final answer:
To achieve an annual income of $1,012,500, the Sunn company needs to sell 35,000 units of its product, which is calculated by dividing the total profit required by the contribution margin per unit.
Step-by-step explanation:
The student is asking how many units the Sunn company must sell to achieve an annual income target of $1,012,500. To calculate this, we use the formula for break-even analysis and target income calculations which is based on the concepts of fixed costs, variable costs, and the selling price per unit.
To achieve a target income, we first need to calculate the total amount of profit required. This is done by adding the fixed costs to the desired target income.
The contribution margin per unit is the selling price per unit minus the variable cost per unit. For Sunn company, the contribution margin per unit is $180 - $135 = $45.
The total amount of profit required is the annual fixed costs plus the target income, which equals $562,500 + $1,012,500 = $1,575,000.
We then divide the total profit required by the contribution margin per unit to get the number of units needed to be sold. $1,575,000 / $45 = 35,000 units.
Therefore, the Sunn company needs to sell 35,000 units to meet its annual income target of $1,012,500.