Question

Waterway Industries sells radios for $50 per unit. The fixed costs are $625000 and the variable costs are 60% of the selling price. As a result of new automated equipment, it is anticipated that fixed costs will increase by $105000 and variable costs will be 50% of the selling price. The new break-even point in units is:

Answer 1

29,200 units

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of new break even point is given below:-

= Fixed Cost ÷ Contribution per unit

Fixed cost

= $625,000 + $105,000

= $730,000

Variable cost per unit = 50% of selling price

= $25

So, the break even point = $730,000 ÷ 25

= 29,200 units

Therefore for calculating the break even point we simply divide the $730,000 from 25 per unit variable cost.