Question 1. During its first year of operations, ABC Company paid $23,000 for direct materials and $18,500 for production workers' wages. Indirect manufacturing costs on the production facilities amounted to $16,500 while general, selling, and administrative expenses totaled $3,000. The company produced 16,000 units and sold 14,000 units at a price of $8.50 a unit.
What is the average cost per unit manufactured?
Question 2. The following information is for a product manufactured and sold by XY company
Sales price per unit, $35
Variable cost per unit, $20
Total fixed costs, $300,000
Last year, Rivera earned a profit of $30,000.
Required:
(a) How many units did XY sell last year?
(b) XY's managers are considering decreasing the sales price to $30 in an effort to increase market share. Also, the company wants a profit of $80,000. How many units would it have to sell at the lower selling price to achieve this target?
Question 3. The DEF Company makes and sells two products, as follows:
The DEF Company expects to incur annual fixed costs of $175,000. The relative sales mix of the products is 75% of A and 25% of unit of B.
Required:
1) Determine the total number of units of products (A and B combined) that Pargo must sell to break even.
2) What is the number of units of A and of B that Pargo would expect to sell at the break-even point?