White Company sells flags with team logos. White has fixed costs of $639,600 per year plus variable

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White Company sells flags with team logos. White has fixed costs of $639,600 per year plus variable costs of $4.20 per flag. Each flag sells for $12.00.

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1. Use the equation approach to compute the number of flags White must sell each year to break even.

2. Use the contribution margin ratio approach to compute the dollar sales White needs to earn $32,500 in operating income for 2018. (Round the contribution margin to two decimal places.)

3. Prepare White's contribution margin income statement for the year ended December 31, 2018, for sales of 73,000 flags. (Round your final answers up to the next whole number.)

4. The company is considering an expansion that will increase fixed costs by 23% and variable costs by $0.60 per flag. Compute the new breakeven point in units and in dollars. Should White undertake the expansion? Give your reasoning. (Round your final answers up to the next whole number.)

Contribution Margin
Contribution margin is an important element of cost volume profit analysis that managers carry out to assess the maximum number of units that are required to be at the breakeven point. Contribution margin is the profit before fixed cost and taxes...
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Horngrens Accounting

ISBN: 978-0134674681

12th edition

Authors: Tracie L. Miller nobles, Brenda L. Mattison, Ella Mae Matsumura

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