Question

Williamson Industries has $7 billion in sales and $2 billion in fixed assets. Currently, the company's fixed assets are operating at 90% of capacity. What level of sales could Williamson Industries have obtained if it had been operating at full capacity

Answer 1

Answer: Williamson industries would have obtained $7.78 billion in sales

Explanation: According to the question, the company is having a total of $2 billion in fixed assets. The fixed assets are currently operating at 90% (0.9) of its total capacity. At his level, the company is able to achieve a sales figure of $7 billion. The implication is as follows;

Fixed assets (at 100%) = 2 billion

Fixed assets (at 90%) = 2 * 0.9

Fixed assets (at 90%) = 1.8

If the company utilizes $1.8 billion to achieve a $7 billion sales figure, then operating at full capacity (100%) would yield the following;

7/x = 90/100

(Where x equals sales level at 100% capacity)

7/x = 0.9

Cross multiply

x = 7/0.9

x = 7.7777...

x ≈ 7.78

Therefore, if Williamson Industries had been operating at full capacity, it would have obtained a sales level of $7.78 billion