What volume should the owner of this restaurant switch


The owner of XtremeHotPizza restaurant, is considering a new oven in which to bake the restaurant’s signature dish, vegetarian & seafood pizza. Oven type A can handle 20 pizzas an hour. The fixed costs associated with oven A are $24,000 and the variable costs are $2.25 per pizza. Oven B is larger and can handle 50 pizzas an hour. The fixed costs associated with oven B are $43,000 and the variable costs are $1.55 per pizza. The pizzas sell for $14.00 each. (a) What is the Break-Even Point (BEP) for each oven? (b) If the owner of this restaurant expects to sell 6,000 pizzas, which oven system are you going to recommend? (Net Profit = Total Revenue (TR) – Total Cost (TC)) (c) If the owner of this restaurant expects to sell 82,000 pizzas, which oven system should he/she purchase? (Net Profit = Total Revenue (TR) – Total Cost (TC)) (d) At what volume, should the owner of this restaurant switch ovens to maximize the profit? (Switching Point (= Cross-over Point) à where TC1 = TC2)

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