Question

The Country Fields Retirement Community charges $6000/month for a single senior citizen to reside in an efficiency apartment with assisted living care. The facility has operating expenses of $600,000 per month. Staffing levels are dependent on the number of residents. Each senior who enters the community requires additional food, personal care, and support staff time. The estimated cost for each person is $4000 per person per month.
(a) How many senior citizen residents does the facility need to have in order to reach the breakeven point?
(h) What is the company's annual profit or loss if they maintain an average residency level of 350 senior citizens?

Answer 1

Answer:

a) 300

b) $100,000

Explanation:

Data provided in the question:

Charges by Country Fields Retirement Community per senior citizen = $6000/ month

Operating expenses = $600,000 per month

Cost for each person = $4000 per person per month.

Now,

a) Let the break even number of senior citizen residents be 'x'

Now,

At break even

Total revenue = Total cost

Thus,

$6000x = $600,000 + $4,000x

or

$2000x = $600,000

or

x = 300

b) Total profit or loss = Total revenue - Total cost

for 350 senior citizens

Total profit or loss = ($6,000 × 350 ) - ($600,000 + $4,000 × 350)

= $2,100,000 - $2,000,000

= $100,000         [Positive value means profit]