Break$-$Even Sales Under Present and Proposed Conditions

Portmann Company, operating at full capacity, sold $1,000,000$ units at a price of $$188$ per unit during the current year. Its income statement is as follows:

Expenses:

The division of costs between variable and fixed is as follows:

Management is considering a plant expansion program for the following year that will permit an increase of $$11,280,000$ in yearly sales. The expansion will increase fixed costs by

$$4,500,000$ but will not affect the relationship between sales and variable costs.

Required:

Determine the total variable costs and the total fixed costs for the current year.

Total variable costs

Total fixed costs

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Determine $($a$)$ the unit variable cost and $($b$)$ the unit contribution margin for the current year.

Unit variable cost

Unit contribution margin

Compute the break$-$even sales $($units$)$ for the current year.

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Compute the break$-$even sales $($units$)$ under the proposed program for the following year$-$

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Determine the amount of sales $($units$)$ that would be necessary under the proposed program to realize the $$59,200,000$ of operating income that was earned in the current year.

$x$ units

Determine the maximum operating income possible with the expanded plant.

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If the proposal is accepted and sales remain at the current level, what will the operating income or loss be for the following year?

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