Question 2 (25 marks) Nam-Bubble Ltd is a bubble gum manufacturing company that has been in the business for some years. The board of directors is currently evaluating budgets for the forthcoming period of operations. Nam-Bubble Ltd currently only has the resources to manufacture one type of bubble gum product, which is sold in sealed packets of 100 units at N$100 per packet. The marketing director made the following comment at the recent directors' meeting: "We will price our sealed packets at N$100 per packet for the coming year. At this level we shall sell 3 000 pockets." "but.../ believe we will out-price ourselves if we set the packet price at N$125 per packet. The effect will be disastrous, as we will only sell 1 700 packets." The following information is available regarding the cost structures of Nam-Bubble Ltd: 1. Budget for the company Nam-Bubble Ltd's total fixed and variable overhead costs, on an activity basis, for various manufacturing levels are estimated below: Number of sealed packets Total overhead costs 2 000 N$190 000 6 000 N$390 000 8 000 N$490 000 2. Manufacturing plant The manufacturing plant, which has a maximum capacity of 80 000 sealed packets per annum, was purchased two years ago for N$1 million. The estimated useful life of the plant is five years, and the annual depreciation charge has been included in the overhead costs given above. 3. Overheads Total production and administrative overheads have been allocated between the activities above. However, should activity levels exceed 8 000 sealed packets, additional overhead costs amounting to N$45 000 per annum will be incurred. These costs have not been taken into account above. (25) (6) Requirement: al Determine the break-even point of Nam- Bubble Ltd b) Comment on whether you agree or disagree with the marketing director's statement that increasing the selling price to N$ 125 will be detrimental. Determine the new contribution margin per packet if Nam-Bubble Ltd would like to sell 3 000 packets without making a loss or profit. Page 2 of 4 What is the percentage increase or decrease in the selling price if Nam-Bubble Ltd would like to sell 3 000 packets without making a loss or profit, assuming the variable cost per unit remains constant? e) Assuming the same contribution/sales (C/S) ratio as on original data; determine the minimum selling price that can be charged on 9 000 packets of bubble gum whereby Nam- Bubble will not make a loss or profit. What assumptions are usually made when using cost volume (CVP) analysis concerning the costs