Two manufacturing companies which have the following operating details decide to merge. Assuming that the proposal is

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Two manufacturing companies which have the following operating details decide to merge. 

Assuming that the proposal is implemented, calculate: 

(i). Break-even sales of the merged plant and the capacity utilisation at that stage. 

(ii). Profitability of the merged plant at 80% capacity utilization. 

(iii). Sales turn over of the merged plant to earn a profit of Rs. 75 lakhs. 

(iv). When the merged plant is working at a capacity to earn a profit of Rs. 75 lakhs what percentage increase in selling price is required to sustain an increase of 5% of fixed overheads.

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Cost Accounting

ISBN: 9780070221628

4th Edition

Authors: Jawahar Lal, Seema Srivastava

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