Cost Accounting (15th Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0133428702
ISBN 13: 978-0-13342-870-4

Chapter 3 - Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis - Assignment Material - Exercises - Page 95: 3-20(6)

Answer

This question tests your understanding about the effect of changes in cost behavior when more than one variable change. Students should pay attention to work out the "revised" Sales Price and Fixed Costs to find out the new break even point (in units) as follows

Work Step by Step

Revised sales price 0.5 per unit [current] * 1.10 [10% increase] = 0.55 Revised Fixed Costs (900,000 current + 20,000 increase) = 920,000
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