Express Delivery is a rapidly growing delivery service. Last year, 83% of its revenue came from the

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Express Delivery is a rapidly growing delivery service. Last year, 83% of its revenue came from the delivery of mailing "pouches" and small, standardized delivery boxes (which provides a 13% contribution margin). The other 17% of its revenue came from delivering non-standardized boxes (which provides a 64% contribution margin). With the rapid growth of Internet retail sales, Express believes that there are great opportunities for growth in the delivery of non-standardized boxes. The company has fixed costs of $13,430,000.
(a) What is the company's break-even point in total sales dollars? At the break-even point, how much of the company's sales are provided by each type of service? (Use Weighted-Average contribution margin Ratio rounded to 4 decimal places e.g. 0.2552 and round final answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 2,510.)
(b) The company's management would like to hold its fixed costs constant, but shift its sales mix so that 64% of its revenue comes from the delivery of non-standardized boxes and the remainder from pouches and small boxes. If this were to occur, what would be the company's break-even sales, and what amount of sales would be provided by each service type? (Use Weighted-Average contribution margin Ratio rounded to 4 decimal places e.g. 0.2552 and round final answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 2,510.)
Contribution Margin
Contribution margin is an important element of cost volume profit analysis that managers carry out to assess the maximum number of units that are required to be at the breakeven point. Contribution margin is the profit before fixed cost and taxes...
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