Question

A suggested project requires initial fixed assets of $227,000, has a life of 4 years, and has no salvage value. Assume depreciation is straight-line to zero over the life of the project. Sales are projected at 51,000 units per year, the price per unit is $47, variable cost per unit is $23, and fixed costs are $842,900 per year. The tax rate is 23 percent and the required return is 11.5 percent. Ignore taxes. What is the DOL at the base-case output level of 51,000 units

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is "11.4".

Explanation:

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The point of breakthrough financial:

$\to \frac{ ( \frac{(227000 \times 11.5 \%}{( \frac{1-1}{1.115^4})}-\frac{227000}{4})}{\frac{(1-23 \%)+842900+ \frac{227000}{4})}{(47-23)}}\\\\\\\to \frac{ ( \frac{(26,105}{( \frac{0}{1.5456084})}-56,750)}{\frac{(0.77)+842900+56,750)}{(24)}}$

$\to 38416.19\\\\\to DOL= \frac{38416.19 \times (47-23)}{(38416.19 \times (47-23)-842900)}$

             $=11.4$