Ask Experts Questions for FREE Help!
 

Free Answers in 3 Easy Steps

Register Now
3 Steps
 


Ask QuestionsprogressAnswer QuestionsprogressBuild ReputationprogressBecome an Expert
 
At Ask Me Help Desk you can ask questions in any topic and have them answered for free by our experts. To ask questions or participate in answering them you must register for a free account. By registering you will be able to:
  • Get free answers from experts in any of our 300+ topics.
  • Accept money for answers that you provide.
  • Communicate privately with other members (PM).
  • See fewer ads.
  Answer this Question    Ask about Accounting    Ask about another Subject  
 

challenge mather
Mar 29, 2008, 01:18 PM
Therapeutic Systems sells its products for $8 per unit has the follow costs:
Rent...............$120,000
Factory Labor............$1.50 per unit
Executive under contract............ $112,000
Raw material............$.70 per unit

Separate the expenses between fixed and variable coss per unit. Using this information and the sales price per unit of $6, compute the break even point.

CaptainForest
Mar 29, 2008, 04:21 PM
Ok.

Please make an attempt.

Then we will assist you.

challenge mather
Mar 30, 2008, 06:28 AM
Rent is fixed cost
Labor variable
executive fixed
raw material variable
FC(rent) 120,000 divided by (P)$6-(VC)raw material .70 =
120,000 divided x = 22
5.30


This is what confuses me I am not sure what to use for variable and fixed since rent and raw material are two separate issues. Please help more!

morgaine300
Mar 30, 2008, 04:57 PM
You have correct what all is fixed and variable. And your break-even equation is correct.
(i.e. fixed costs divided by contribution margin) However, you're not including both of your variable costs, but only materials. You have two variable costs: materials and labor. Ditto the fixed. You have two of those also: rent and executive. You're trying to do the break-even based on only the rent for fixed and only material for variable. You have count all the costs in.

i.e. your variable costs are 2.20 not .70.

See what I mean?

challenge mather
Mar 31, 2008, 06:28 PM
Yes, so the final answer is
FC 232,000 232,000
P - VC, $8.00 - $2.20 = $5.80 = 40.000 units BE

morgaine300
Apr 4, 2008, 03:28 PM
Yes, it's correct. Except you need to decide if selling price is $8 or $6, since you've now used both.