Break Even Points
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The Last Outpost is a tourist stop in a western resort community. Kerry Yost, the owner of the shop, sells hand-woven blankets for an average price of $30 per blanket. Kerry buys the blankets from weavers at an average cost of $21. In addition, he has selling expenses of $3 per blanket.
Kerry rents the building for $300 per month and pays one employee a fixed salary of $500 per month.
1. Determine the number of blankets Kerry must sell to break even.
2. Determine the number of blankets Kerry must sell to generate a profit of $1,000 per month.
3. Assume that Kerry can produce and sell his own blankets at a total variable cost of $16 per blanket, but that he would need to hire one additional employee at a monthly salary of $600.
a. Determine the number of blankets Kerry must sell to break even.
b. Determine the number of blankets Kerry must sell to generate a profit of $1,000 per
month.
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Answer 1:
Total Variable Cost / blanket: 21 + 3 = 24
Fixed Cost = 300 + 500 = 800
Selling Price / blanket = 30
30Q = 24Q + 800
=> 6Q = 800
=> Q = 134
Kerry must ...
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