Jackie's Snacks sells fudge, caramels, and popcorn. It sold
9,000 units last year. Popcorn outsold fudge by a margin of 2 to 1.
Sales of caramels were the same as sales of popcorn. Fixed costs
for Jackie's Snacks are $10,000. Additional information
follows:
Product
Unit Sales Prices
Unit Variable Cost
Fudge
$5
$2.00
Caramels
$8
$6.00
Popcorn
$7
$3.00
The breakeven sales volume in units for Jackie's Snacks is (Round the final answer up to the nearest unit.)
let fudge sales = x
popcorn sales = 2 x fudge sales = 2x
caramel sales = popcorn = 2x
total sales = x + 2x+ 2x = 5x
9000 units = 5x
x = 1800 units
popcorn and caramel sales = 2 x 1800 = 3600 units each
fudge sales = 1800 units
fixed costs = 10000
contribution of
fudge = 5 - 2 = 3 per unit
caramel = 8 -6 = 4 per unit
popcorn = 7 -3 = 4 per unit
Weighted average contribution per unit = contribution x sales for all products / total sales
Weighted average contribution per unit = (3 x 1800 + 4 x 3600 + 4 x 3600) / 9000
Weighted average contribution per unit = 34200/9000
Weighted average contribution per unit = 3.8
Breakeven sales = fixed costs / Weighted average contribution per unit
Breakeven sales = 10000/3.8
Breakeven sales = 2631.57 = 2632 (rounded off)
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