Question

Copper and nickel electroless plating processes are under consideration for printed circuit boards. The copper process has fixed costs of $110,000 per year with a variable cost of $50 per batch. The nickel process has a fixed cost of $85,000 per year and a variable cost of $90 per batch. Determine the number of batches that must be produced each year in order for the processes to break even.

Answer 1

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Step-by-step explanation:

The question has missing sales price information, however explanations are provided below

Break even point is the level at which a company makes neither a profit nor a loss.

Break even point (units) = Fixed Costs ÷ Contribution per unit

Step 1 :

Find Contribution per unit of each process and add the unit contributions to find the total unit contribution

Contribution = Sales - Variable Costs

Step 2

Find the Total Fixed Costs for both the copper process and nickel process.

Step 3

Determine the sales mix for copper process and nickel process

Step 4

Calculate the Break even units for the 2 processes combined. After that multiply the respective mixes to the break even point