Question

Cannon Co. has a unit selling price of $500, variable cost per unit $300, and fixed costs of $240,000. Compute the break-even point in units and in sales dollars. In units In sales dollars Break-even point $

Answer 1

Answer:

Break-even point= 1,200 units

Break-even point (dollars)= $600,000

Explanation:

Giving the following information:

Cannon Co. has a unit selling price of $500, variable cost per unit $300, and fixed costs of $240,000.

To calculate the break-even point in units, we need to use the following formula:

Break-even point= fixed costs/ contribution margin

Break-even point= 240,000/ (500 - 300)

Break-even point= 1,200 units

To calculate the break-even point in dollars, we need to use the following formula:

Break-even point (dollars)= fixed costs/ contribution margin ratio

Break-even point (dollars)=  240,000/ (200/500)

Break-even point (dollars)= $600,000