Break-Even in Units, Target Income, New Unit Variable Cost, Degree of Operating Leverage, Percent Change in Operating Income

Reagan, Inc., has developed a chew-proof dog bedthe Tuff-Pup. Fixed costs are $180,000 per year. The average price for the Tuff-Pup is $35, and the average variable cost is $23 per unit. Currently, Reagan produces and sells 20,000 Tuff-Pups annually.

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Question Content Area 1. How many Tuff-Pups must be sold to break even? fill in the blank 53b6fa000fe3fd7_1 units

2. If Reagan wants to earn $78,000 in profit, how many Tuff-Pups must be sold? fill in the blank 53b6fa000fe3fd7_2 units

Question Content Area Prepare a variable-costing income statement to verify your answer.

Reagan, Inc. Variable-Costing Income Statement

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$- Select - Question Content Area 3. Suppose that Reagan would like to lower the break-even units to 9,000. The company does not believe that the price or fixed cost can be changed. Calculate the new unit variable cost that would result in break-even units of 9,000. If required, round your intermediate computations and final answer to the nearest cent. $fill in the blank 88bd74059fd5fa1_1 4. What is Reagan's current contribution margin and operating income?

Current contribution margin $fill in the blank 88bd74059fd5fa1_2 Current operating income $fill in the blank 88bd74059fd5fa1_3 Calculate the degree of operating leverage. Round your answer to three decimal places. fill in the blank 88bd74059fd5fa1_4 If sales increased by 10 percent next year, what would the percent change in operating income be? Use your rounded answer to the question above in your computations, and round your final percentage answer to two decimal places (for example, 45.555% would be entered as "45.56"). fill in the blank 88bd74059fd5fa1_5 %

What would the new total operating income for next year be? Round your answer to the nearest dollar. $fill in the blank 88bd74059fd5fa1_6 5. Reagan, Inc., has used data on the Tuff-Pup to answer a number of different questions. Identify the data analytic type (descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, or prescriptive) that Reagan used to answer these questions. (See Exhibits 2.5 and 2.6, for a review of data analytic types. Note: More than one analytic type might apply.)

analysis will help Reagan understand the break-even point and units needed to earn a target profit.

analysis helps Reagan to understand what happens when variables are changed.

analysis would be used if Reagan determines that a target profit must be earned and then uses the data to change price, variable cost, and fixed cost to achieve that profit.

Data analytics would be used in Requirement 3 as Reagan decides to lower the break-even point and uses the analysis to determine why the breakeven is higher than desired.