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Breakeeven 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, fts income statement is as follows: 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 yearty sales. The expansion will increase fixed costs by $5,000,000 but will not affect the relationship between sales and variable costs. Required: 1. Determine the total variable costs and the total foxed costs for the current year: Total variable costs 3 Total fixed costs 5 2. Determine (o) the unit variable cost and (b) the unit contribution margin for the current year. Unit variable cost $ Unit contribution margins 3. Compute the break-even sales (units) for the current year. units 4. Compute the break-even sales (units) under the proposed program for the following year: units 5. Determine the amount of sales (units) that would be necessary under the proposed program to realie the s60,000,000 of operoting income that was earned in the current wat. units 6. Determine the maximum operating income possible with the expanded plant. 7. If the proposal is accepted and sales remain at the current level, what will the operating income or loss be for the foilewing year? B. Based on the dats given, would you recemmend 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 becauge if future sales remain at the current level, the income from operations wall increase. e. Peject the proposal because the sales necessary to maintain the current income from operations would be below the current year sales