Sprint Nextel is one of the largest digital wireless service providers in the United States. In a
Question:
Sprint Nextel is one of the largest digital wireless service providers in the United States. In a recent year, it had approximately 32.5 million direct subscribers (accounts) that generated revenue of $35,345 million. Costs and expenses for the year were as follows (in millions):
Cost of revenue...........................................................$20,841
Selling, general, and administrative expenses...........................9,765
Depreciation...................................................................2,239
Assume that 70% of the cost of revenue and 30% of the selling, general, and administrative expenses are variable to the number of direct subscribers (accounts).
a. What is Sprint Nextel's break-even number of accounts, using the data and assumptions given? Round units (accounts) and per-account amounts to one decimal place.
b. How much revenue per account would be sufficient for Sprint Nextel to break even if the number of accounts remained constant?
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Managerial Accounting
ISBN: 978-1285866307
13th edition
Authors: Carl S. Warren, James M. Reeve, Jonathan Duchac