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The nut house sells almonds, cashews, and pistachios. They sold 10,000 cans last year. Pistachios outsold cashews by a margin of 2 to 1 in cans. sales of almonds were half the sales of cashews in cans. fixed costs for the nut house are 20,000 . almonds: unit sales Price:8.00 unit variable:4.00 cashews:unit sales price:10.00 unit variable:5.00 Pistachios: unit sales price:6.00 unit variable cost: 4.00 what is the breakeven sales volume and dollars for each nut rounded?
| A | PU | Sale Price PU* Qty | VC PU* Qty | Sales-Variable Cost | ||||
| Ratio of Sales | Sale Volume Split Basis Ratio | Sale Price | Variable Cost | Sale Price | Variable Cost | CM | ||
| Almonds | 0.50 | 1429 | 8.00 | 4.00 | 11429 | 5714 | 5714 | |
| Cashews | 1.00 | 2857 | 10.00 | 5.00 | 28571 | 14286 | 14286 | |
| Pistachios | 2.00 | 5714 | 6.00 | 4.00 | 34286 | 22857 | 11429 | |
| 3.50 | 10000 | 31429 | ||||||
| Weighted Av CM PU | 3.14 | (31429/10000) | ||||||
| Break Even Point: | ||||||||
| In Sales Units: | ||||||||
| Fixed Cost | 20000 | |||||||
| Weighted Av CM PU | 3.14 | |||||||
| Break Even Units | 6364 | |||||||
| Break Up: | ||||||||
| Ratio of Sales | Units | |||||||
| Almonds | 0.50 | 909 | (6364/3.5*0.5) | |||||
| Cashews | 1.00 | 1,818 | (6364/3.5*1) | |||||
| Pistachios | 2.00 | 3,636 | (6364/3.5*2) | |||||
| 3.50 | 6,364 | |||||||
| Break Even Point: | ||||||||
| Units | Sales Price PU | Sales Value | ||||||
| Almonds | 909 | 8.00 | 7273 | |||||
| Cashews | 1,818 | 10.00 | 18182 | |||||
| Pistachios | 3,636 | 6.00 | 21818 | |||||
| 6,364 | 47273 | |||||||