Question

Baldwin has negotiated a new labor contract for the next round that will affect the cost for their product Buzz. Labor costs will go from $2.10 to $2.60 per unit. In addition, their material costs have fallen from $6.82 to $5.82. Assume all period costs as reported on Baldwin's Income Statement remain the same. If Baldwin were to pass on half the new costs of labor and half the savings in materials to customers by adjusting the price of their product, how many units of product Buzz would need to be sold next round to break even on the product

Answer 1

433 units

Step-by-step explanation:

Information related to production costs are missing, so I looked for it. I found the following:

current sales price = $17

current fixed costs = $7,242

new labor costs per unit = $2.60, which results in a $0.50 increase

new direct materials cost per unit = $5.82, which results in a $1 decrease

total variable costs per unit = $8.42

Baldwin plans to pass 50% of the changes in costs to its customers:

• Increase $0.25 due to higher labor costs
• decrease $0.50 due to lower materials costs
• net change = -$0.25

new sales price = $17 - $0.25 = $16.75

contribution margin per unit = $16.75 - $8.42 = $8.33

break even point in units = total fixed costs / contribution margin per unit = $7,242 / $16.75 = 432.36 = 433 units