Question

Forrester Company is considering buying new equipment that would increase monthly fixed costs from $425,000 to $445,500 and would decrease the current variable costs of $60 by $15 per unit. The selling price of $100 is not expected to change. Forrester's current break-even sales are $1,140,000 and current break-even units are 11,400. If Forrester purchases this new equipment, the revised break-even point in dollars would be:

Answer 1

Break-even point (dollars)= $810,000

Step-by-step explanation:

Giving the following information:

Fixed costs= $445,500

Unitary variable cost= $45

Selling price= $100

To calculate the break-even point in dollars, we need to use the following formula:

Break-even point (dollars)= fixed costs/ contribution margin ratio

Break-even point (dollars)= 445,500 / [(100 - 45) / 100]

Break-even point (dollars)= $810,000