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EXHIBIT 1 Costs per Unit for Hydrauic Holts a
‘Unt manutoturing cost $550
arable mateals 225
arable labor 420
Variable overhead 560,
Fined overhead a
“Tota unit manufacturing costs
Unt marketing cost ms
Fed | a
1045
Total unit marketing costs ae
Total unit costs S300
Questions
The following questions refer only tothe data given in
Exhibit. Unless otherwise tated, assume thee is no
‘commeston ferween the situations deseribed in the
questions; teat each independently. Unless otherwise
sated assume a regular seling price of $4380 per
unit, lgnore income taxes and other costs not men.
tioned in Exhibit I or ina question isle
1. What ste breakeven volume in nis? In sles
dolls?
2 Markt research estimates that monthly volume
ould increas 03,500 units, which swell within
fost production capacity limitations, te pce
were cut from $4,380 $3,850 per unt. Assuing
the cost behavior pater implied by the data
Exhibit 1 ae comet, would you recommend tht
this action be taken? What would Be the impact on
monthly sales, oss and income?
3. On March 1, a contact offer is made to Hospital
Supply by the federal goverment to suppy 500
“unis to Veterans Administration hospitals ordi
ry by March 31. Because ofan unas lage
number of rsh odes from is regular eustomers,
Hospital Supply plans o produce 4:00 units ding
Marc, which ill use al availble capacity the
government onder i accepted, 500 units normally
Sold to regular customers would be lost oa eon:
government would
a share of Mach produc
tion costs, pus pa a ied fe (profi) of $275 000.
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‘Customers as orders are received from Hospital Su
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‘costs would be unaffected, but its variable marketing
ots wold be ety 20 percent a S20 ert
for these 1,000 units produced by the contact
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