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Beds 300
Patient fee $ 2,000.00 per day
Variable Cost $ 500.00 per patient
Fixed Costs $ 2,000,000.00 per month
Question A
How much will the hospital need to charge to break even at this level of activity?
Questoion B
Using the original data in the problem, how many patient days must Morton average each month to earn a profit of $45,000 per month?
Question A
Compute Patterson’s contribution margin per unit and contribution margin ratio
Unit Price - Unit Cost = $10.50 (Contribution Margin)
Contribution Margin / Unit Price = 35% (Contribution Margin Ratio)
Question B revenue
Determine the number of units Patterson must sell to break even. Prepare a break even graph
Break Even Units = Fixed Costs / Contribution Margin
Break Even Units = 147000 / 10.5 $420,000 profit
Break Even Units = 14000 loss
14000 units
Question C
Determine the sales revenue required to earn income equal to 20% of revenue.
X = Units
Price (x) - Cost (x) - Fixed Costs = 20%(Price (x))
30x - 9.5x - 147000 = .20(30x)
10.5x -147000 = 6x
4.5x = 147000
x = 32666.67 ~ 32667
32667 * 30 = $980,010
Question D
How man units must Patterson sell to generatre an after-tax profit of $109,200 if the tax rate is 35%?
109200 /.65 = 168000
168000+147000 / 10.5 = 30000 units
Question E
Patterson is considering increasing its advertising expenses by $38,500. How much of an increase in sales units is necessary from expanded advertising to justify this expenditure?