In: Advanced Math
1. Zero Turbulence Airline provides air transportation services between Los Angeles, California; and Kona, Hawaii. A single Los Angeles to Kona round-trip flight has the following operating statistics: Fuel $14,062 Flight crew salaries 10,771 Airplane depreciation 5,087 Variable cost per passenger—business class 50 Variable cost per passenger—economy class 40 Round-trip ticket price—business class 530 Round-trip ticket price—economy class 260 It is assumed that the fuel, crew salaries, and airplane depreciation are fixed, regardless of the number of seats sold for the round-trip flight. If required round the answers to nearest whole number. a. Compute the break-even number of seats sold on a single round-trip flight for the overall product, E. Assume that the overall product is 20% business class and 80% economy class seats. Total number of seats at break-even seats b. How many business class and economy class seats would be sold at the break-even point? Business class seats at break-even seats Economy class seats at break-even seats
2. For a recent year, Wicker Company-owned restaurants had the following sales and expenses (in millions):
Sales | $22,000 |
Food and packaging | $8,180 |
Payroll | 5,500 |
Occupancy (rent, depreciation, etc.) | 4,460 |
General, selling, and administrative expenses | 3,200 |
$21,340 | |
Income from operations | $660 |
Assume that the variable costs consist of food and packaging, payroll, and 40% of the general, selling, and administrative expenses.
a. What is Wicker Company's contribution
margin? Round to the nearest million. (Give answer in millions of
dollars.)
$ million
b. What is Wicker Company's contribution margin
ratio? Round to one decimal place.
%
c. How much would income from operations
increase if same-store sales increased by $1,300 million for the
coming year, with no change in the contribution margin ratio or
fixed costs? Round your answer to the closest million.
$ million