Question

Forrester Company is considering buying new equipment that would increase monthly fixed costs from $120,000 to $150,000 and would decrease the current variable costs of $70 by $10 per unit. The selling price of $100 is not expected to change. Forrester's current break-even sales are $400,000 and current break-even units are 4,000. If Forrester purchases this new equipment, the revised break-even point in units would:

Answer 1

"Decrease by 250" is the appropriate response.

Step-by-step explanation:

The given values are:

Revised fixed cost,

= $150,000

Current selling price,

= $100

Current variable cost,

= $60

Current contribution will be:

=
`Current \ selling \ price-Current \ variable \ cost`

=
`100-60`

=
`40`

Now,

The revised BEP will be:

=
`(Revised \ fixed \ cost)/(Revised \ contribution)`

On substituting the values, we get

=
`(150,000)/(40)`

=
`3750 \ units`

hence,

=
`4000-3750`

=
`250`

Thus the above is the correct answer.