Satka, Inc., is a newly organized manufacturing business that plans to manufacture and sell 30,000 units per year of a new product. The following estimates have been made of the company’s costs and expenses (other than income taxes):

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a. What should the company establish as the sales price per unit if it sets a target of earning an operating income of $400,000 by producing and selling 30,000 units during the first year of operations?
b. At the unit sales price computed in part a, how many units must the company produce and sell to break even? (Assume all units produced are sold.)
c. What will be the margin of safety (in dollars) if the company produces and sells 30,000 units at the sales price computed in part a ?
d. Assume that the marketing manager thinks that the price of this product must be no higher than $132 to ensure market penetration. Will setting the sales price at $132 enable Satka to break even, given the plans to manufacture and sell 30,000 units? Explain youranswer.

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Variable Fixed per Unit Manufacturing costs: $ 38 47 Direct labor . Manufacturing overhead $440,000 Period costs: Selling expenses Administrative expenses Totals $800,000 100