Break$-$even sales under present and proposed conditions

Portmann Company, operating at full capacity, sold $1,000,000$ units at a price of $$186$ per unit during the current year. Its income statement is as follows:

Required:

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

Total variable costs

Total fixed costs $

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. Required:

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

Total variable costs $$86,000,000,$

Total fixed costs $

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

Unit variable cost :

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Unit contribution margin $

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

$$ units

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

$x$ units

Determine the amount of sales $($units$)$ that would be necessary under the proposed program to realize the $$61,100,000$ of operating income that was earned in the current year.

$x$ units

Determine the maximum operating income possible with the expanded plant.

$$|x$

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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Based on the data given, would you recommend accepting the proposal?

a$.$ In favor of the proposal because of the reduction in break$-$even point.

b$.$ In favor of the proposal because of the possibility of increasing income from operations.

c$.$ In favor of the proposal because of the increase in break$-$even point.

d$.$ Reject the proposal because if future sales remain at the current level, the income from operations will increase.

e$.$ Reject the proposal because the sales necessary to maintain the current income from operations would be below the current year sales.

Choose the correct answer.

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