Break-Even Sales Under Present and Proposed
Conditions
Darby Company, operating at full capacity, sold 97,700 units at a
price of $93 per unit during the current year. Its income statement
is as follows
Sales $9,086,100Cost of goods
sold 3,224,000Gross
profit $5,862,100Expenses: Selling
expenses$1,612,000 Administrative
expenses961,000 Total
expenses 2,573,000Income from
operations $3,289,100
The division of costs between variable and fixed is as
follows:
VariableFixedCost of goods
sold60% 40% Selling
expenses50% 50% Administrative
expenses30% 70%
Management is considering a plant expansion program for the
following year that will permit an increase of $744,000 in yearly...