Problem - Island Novelties, Inc., of Palau makes two products, Hawaiian Fantasy and Tahitian Joy. Present revenue, cost, and sales data for the two products follow:
Hawaiian Tahitian Fantasy Joy
selling price per unit................... $15 $100
variable expense per unit........... $9 $20
number of units sold annually..... 20,000 5,000
Fixed expenses total $475,800 per year.
Required: Assuming the sales mix given above, do the following:
a. List contribution format income statement showing both dollar and percent columns for each product and for the company as a whole.
b. Compute the break-even point in dollar sales for the company as a whole and the margin of safety in both dollars and percent.
Problem - The company has developed a new product to be called Samoan Delight. Assume that the company could sell 10,000 units at $45 each. The variable expenses would be $36 each. The company's fixed expenses would not change.
a. List another contribution format income statement, including sales of the Samoan Delight (sales of the other two products would not change).
b. Compute the company's new break-even point in dollar sales and the new margin of safety in both dollars and percent.
The president of the company examines your figures and says, "There's something strange here. Our fixed expenses haven't changed, and you show greater total contribution margin if we add the new product, but you also show our break-even point going up. With greater contribution margin, the break-even point should go down, not up. You've made a mistake somewhere." Explain to the president what has happened.