1. Determine the amount of sales (units) that would be necessary under
2. Break-Even Sales Under Present and Proposed Conditions
3. Darby Company, operating at full capacity, sold 121,500 units at a price of $54 per unit during the current year. Its income statement for the current year is as follows:
4. Sales$6,561,000Cost of goods sold3,240,000Gross profit$3,321,000Expenses:Selling expenses$1,620,000Administrative expenses1,620,000Total expenses3,240,000Income from operations$81,000
5. The division of costs between fixed and variable is as follows:
6. VariableFixedCost of goods sold70%30%Selling expenses75%25%Administrative expenses50%50%
7. Management is considering a plant expansion program that will permit an increase of $594,000 in yearly sales. The expansion will increase fixed costs by $59,400, but will not affect the relationship between sales andvariable costs.
8. Required:
9. 1.Determine the total variable costs and thetotal fixed costsfor the current year. Enter the final answers rounded to the nearest dollar.
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11. Total fixed costs$fill in the blank 2
12. 2.Determine (a) the unit variable cost and (b) theunit contribution marginfor the current year. Enter the final answers rounded to two decimal places.
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14. Unit contribution margin$fill in the blank 4
15. 3.Compute the break-even sales (units) for the current year. Enter the final answers rounded to the nearest whole number.
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19. 4.Compute the break-even sales (units) under the proposed program for the following year. Enter the final answers rounded to the nearest whole number.
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23. 5.Determine the amount of sales (units) that would be necessary under the proposed program to realize the $81,000 of income from operations that was earned in the current year. Enter the final answers rounded to the nearest whole number.
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27. 6.Determine the maximum income from operations possible with the expanded plant. Enter the final answer rounded to the nearest dollar.
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30. 7.If the proposal is accepted and sales remain at the current level, what will the income or loss from operations be for the following year? Enter the final answer rounded to the nearest dollar.
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35. 8.Based on the data given, would you recommend accepting the proposal?
36. In favor of the proposal because of the reduction in break-even point.
37. In favor of the proposal because of the possibility of increasing income from operations.
38. In favor of the proposal because of the increase in break-even point.
39. Reject the proposal because if future sales remain at the current level, the income from operations will increase.
40. Reject the proposal because the sales necessary to maintain the current income from operations would be below the current year sales.
41. Choose the correct answer.

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