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Thorpe Mfg., Inc., is currently operating at only 87 percent of fixed asset capacity. Current sales are $660,000. How fast can sales grow before any new fixed assets are needed?
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Full capacity sales = Current sales / Capacity
Full capacity sales = $660,000 / 0.87
Full capacity sales = $758,620.689
Maximum sales growth = (Full capacity sales / Current sales) - 1
Maximum sales growth = ($758,620.689 / $660,000) - 1
Maximum sales growth = 0.1494 or 14.94%