Cheryl Montoya picked up the phone and called her boss, Wes Chan, the vice president of marketing at Piedmont Fasteners Corporation: "Wes, I'm not sure how to go about answering the questions that came up at the meeting with the president yesterday." "What's the problem?" "The president wanted to know the break-even point for each of the company's products, but I am having trouble figuring them out." "I'm sure you can handle it, Cheryl. And, by the way, I need your analysis on my desk tomorrow morning at 8:00 sharp in time for the follow-up meeting at 9:00. Piedmont Fasteners Corporation makes three different clothing fasteners in its manufacturing facility in North Carolina. Data concerning these products appear below: Nylon 303,000 $1.20 $0.90 Velcro Metal 113,000 $1.30 $0.80 212,000 $2.20 $1.40 Annual sales volume Unit selling price Variable expense per unit Total fixed expenses are $274,000 per year. All three products are sold in highly competitive markets, so the company is unable to raise prices without losing an unacceptable numbers of customers. The company has an goods inventories. extremely effective lean production system, so there are no beginning or ending work in process or finished Required: 1. What is the company's over-all break-even point in dollar sales? 2. Of the total fixed expenses of $274,000, $10,600 could be avoided if the Velcro product is dropped, $139,200 if the Metal product is dropped, and $56,400 if the Nylon product is dropped. The remaining fixed expenses of $67,800 consist of common fixed expenses such as administrative salaries and rent on the factory building that could be avoided only by going out of business entirely. a. What is the break-even point in unit sales for each product? b. If the company sells exactly the break-even quantity of each product, what will be the overall profit of the company? Required Required 2A Required 2B What is the company's over-all break-even point in dollar sales? (Round CM ratio to 4 decimal places and final answer to the nearest thousand dollars.) Break-even point in dollar sales Required 2B Required 1 Required 2A Of the total fixed expenses of $274,000, $10,600 could be avoided if the Velcro product is dropped, $139,200 if the Metal product is dropped, and $56,400 if the Nylon product is dropped. The remaining fixed expenses of $67,800 consist of common fixed expenses such as administrative salaries and rent on the factory building that could be avoided only by going out of business entirely. What is the break-even point in unit sales for each product? (Do not round intermediate calculations.) Show less Velcro Nylon Metal Break-even point in unit sales Required 2A Required 2B Required 1 Of the total fixed expenses of $274,000, $10,600 could be avoided if the Velcro product is dropped, $139,200 if the Metal product is dropped, and $56,400 if the Nylon product is dropped. The remaining fixed expenses of $67,800 consist of common fixed expenses such as administrative salaries and rent on the factory building that could be avoided only by going the overall profit of the company? out of business entirely. If the company sells exactly the break-even quantity of each product, what will be Show less