Outback Outfitters sells recreational equipment. One of the companys products, a small camp stove, sells for $140 per unit. Variable expenses are $98 per stove, and fixed expenses associated with the stove total $205,800 per month.

Required:

1. What is the break-even point in unit sales and in dollar sales?

Break-even point in unit sales
Break-even point in dollar sales

2. If the variable expenses per stove increase as a percentage of the selling price, will it result in a higher or a lower break-even point? (Assume that the fixed expenses remain unchanged.)

3. At present, the company is selling 12,000 stoves per month. The sales manager is convinced that a 10% reduction in the selling price would result in a 25% increase in monthly sales of stoves. Prepare two contribution format income statements, one under present operating conditions, and one as operations would appear after the proposed changes.

Outback Outfitters
Contribution Income Statement	Present		Proposed
	12,000	Stoves		Stoves
	Total	Per unit	Total	Per unit
	0	$0	0	$0
	$0		$0

4. Refer to the data in Required 3. How many stoves would have to be sold at the new selling price to attain a target profit of $73,000