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Sunday, 20 May 2012

Peggy’s Ribbon World makes award rosettes. Following is information about the company:


Peggy’s Ribbon World makes award rosettes. Following is information about the company:




  Variable cost per rosette
$
1.23  
  Sales price per rosette

2.40  
  Total fixed costs per month

882.00  



Requirement 1:
Determine how many rosettes Peggy’s must sell to break even. (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places and final answer up to next whole number.)

  Break-even units
754 correct rosettes  

Requirement 2:
Calculate the break-even point in sales dollars. (Use rounded break-even units calculated above. Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)

  Break-even sales dollars
$ 1,809.23  correct  

 
Explanation:
1.
 Unit contribution margin
=
 Sales price – Variable cost per unit

=
 $2.40 – $1.23

=
 $1.17
 
 Break-even units
=
 Total fixed costs / Unit contribution margin

=
 $882 / $1.17

=
 754 rosettes
 
2.

Break-even sales dollars
=
 Break-even units × Sales price

=
 754 × $2.40 = $1,809.60
 

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