Forrester Company is considering buying new equipment that would increase monthly fixed costs from $120,000 to $150,000 and would decrease the current variable costs of $70 by $10 per unit. The selling price of $100 is not expected to change. Forrester's current break-even sales are $400,000 and current break-even units are 4,000.
-If Forrester purchases this new equipment, the revised contribution margin ratio would be:
Cost-volume-profit analysis requires management to classify all costs as either fixed or variable with respect to production or sales volume within the relevant range of operations.
A company has total fixed costs of $200,000. Its product sells for $25 per unit and variable costs amount to $15 per unit. The company has a target pre-tax income of $50,000. How many units must be sold to achieve this pre-tax target income?