?QUESTION $9$

Balton Limited produces a single product known as Bolt in two branches X and Y the following trading results for two months are given for the two branches in two months.

? June $2023$ ? July $2023$ ?

Branch X:

Sales $$ ?Units $810960$ ?

Value GH$583,200$ ? GH$691,200$

Cost of sales GH$561,600$ ? GH$615,600$

Profit GH$21,600$ ? GH$75,600$

?

Branch Y:

Sales $$ ?Units $780830$ ?

Value GH$561,600$ ? GH$591,600$

Cost of sales GH$512,000$ ? GH$532,000$

Profit GH$49,600$ ? GH$65,600$

Required

a$.$ ?Calculate for each of the branches the number of units to be sold to

i$.$ ?Break even

ii$.$ ?Make a profit of GH$144,000$ ?per month

b$.$ ?State which branch would suffer the larger loss if sale fall by $100$ ?units below it breakeven point.