The number of bottles the facility requires to sell when it breaks is given by
a system of two simultaneous equations.
- When the facility breaks even, it would have sold 7<u>7,579 bottles of apples juice</u>.
Reasons:
The cost to make a jar of applesauce or a bottle of apple juice = $0.68
Number of jars of applesauce to be sold foe every 2 bottles of apple juice = 3 jars
The selling price for a jar of applesauce = $2.20
Selling price for a bottle of apple juice = $3.15
Annual overhead cost excluding production cost = $368,500
Required: Number of bottles of apple juice sold by the facility when it breaks even annually.
Solution:
Let <em>J</em> represent the number of bottles of apple juice sold, and let <em>S</em> represent the number of jars of apple sauce, by excluding the production cost, we have;
(3.15 - 0.68)·J + (2.2 - 0.68)·S = 368,500
S : J = 3 : 2
Which gives;
![\displaystyle \frac{S}{J} = \mathbf{ \frac{3}{2}}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cdisplaystyle%20%5Cfrac%7BS%7D%7BJ%7D%20%3D%20%5Cmathbf%7B%20%5Cfrac%7B3%7D%7B2%7D%7D)
![\displaystyle S= \frac{3}{2} \cdot J](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cdisplaystyle%20S%3D%20%5Cfrac%7B3%7D%7B2%7D%20%5Ccdot%20J)
Therefore;
![\displaystyle (3.15 - 0.68) \cdot J + (2.2 - 0.68) \cdot S = (3.15 - 0.68) \cdot J + (2.2 - 0.68) \cdot \frac{3}{2} \cdot J = \mathbf{368,500}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cdisplaystyle%20%283.15%20-%200.68%29%20%5Ccdot%20J%20%2B%20%282.2%20-%200.68%29%20%5Ccdot%20S%20%3D%20%283.15%20-%200.68%29%20%5Ccdot%20J%20%2B%20%282.2%20-%200.68%29%20%5Ccdot%20%20%5Cfrac%7B3%7D%7B2%7D%20%5Ccdot%20J%20%3D%20%5Cmathbf%7B368%2C500%7D)
Which gives;
![\displaystyle (3.15 - 0.68) \cdot J + (2.2 - 0.68) \cdot \frac{3}{2} \cdot J = \mathbf{ \frac{19 \cdot J }{4} } = 368,500](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cdisplaystyle%20%20%283.15%20-%200.68%29%20%5Ccdot%20J%20%2B%20%282.2%20-%200.68%29%20%5Ccdot%20%20%5Cfrac%7B3%7D%7B2%7D%20%5Ccdot%20J%20%3D%20%5Cmathbf%7B%20%5Cfrac%7B19%20%5Ccdot%20J%20%7D%7B4%7D%20%7D%20%3D%20%20368%2C500)
![\displaystyle J = \frac{368,500 \times 4}{19} = \frac{1474000}{19}=77578\frac{18}{19} \approx 77,579](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cdisplaystyle%20%20J%20%20%3D%20%20%20%5Cfrac%7B368%2C500%20%5Ctimes%204%7D%7B19%7D%20%20%3D%20%5Cfrac%7B1474000%7D%7B19%7D%3D77578%5Cfrac%7B18%7D%7B19%7D%20%20%5Capprox%2077%2C579)
The number of bottles of apple juice sold, J ≈ <u>77,579 bottles</u>
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