Question

A company sells DVD players for $200 per unit. The players have a unit variable cost of $160. The company estimates that it will sell one home entertainment system for every four DVD players sold. Home entertainment systems have a unit variable cost of $460 and sell for $600 per unit. The company's fixed costs are $90,000. Assuming that the sales mix estimate is correct, how many DVD players need to be sold for the company to break even?

Answer 1

Answer:

Break-even point= 1,200 DVDs

Explanation:

First, we need to calculate the sales proportion:

DVD= 4/5= 0.8

Home entertainment= 1/5= 0.2

Now, we need to calculate the break-even point for the whole company:

Break-even point (units)= Total fixed costs / Weighted average contribution margin

Weighted average contribution margin= (weighted average selling price - weighted average unitary variable cost)

Weighted average contribution margin= (200*0.8 + 600*0.2) - (160*0.8 + 460*0.2)

Weighted average contribution margin= 60

Break-even point (units)= 90,000/60= 1,500

Finally, the number of DVDs:

DVD= 1,500*0.8= 1,200 DVDs