Question

Newton Company currently produces and sells 7,000 units of a product that has a contribution margin of $5 per unit. The company sells the product for a sales price of $23 per unit. Fixed costs are $39,000. The company is considering investing in new technology that would decrease the variable cost per unit to $11 per unit and double total fixed costs. The company expects the new technology to increase production and sales to 12,000 units of product. What sales price would have to be charged to earn a $90,000 desired profit assuming the investment in technology is made

Answer 1

Answer:

selling price= $25

Explanation:

Giving the following information:

Fixed costs= $78,000

Unitary variable cost= $11

Desited profit= $90,000

Break-even point in units= 12,000

To calculate the selling price, we need to use the following formula:

Break-even point in units= (fixed costs + desired profit) / contribution margin per unit

12,000= (78,000 + 90,000) / (selling price - 11)

12,000*selling price - 132,000 = 168,000

12,000selling price = 300,000

selling price= $25