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  • This topic has 11 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 10 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • November 9, 2014 at 12:46 pm #208565
    saifudeen
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    a company has a single product with the selling price of $12per uint, which is calculated as variable cost per unit plus 20% . at an output level of 5000 units it make a loss of $8000.
    what is the companys total fixed cost ?

    sir , iam not throwing some questions to you but i donno completely how to do the solution for this question . please help me sir .
    Thank you !!!!

    November 9, 2014 at 2:06 pm #208612
    John Moffat
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    The contribution per unit is 20/120 x $12 = $2.

    So the total contribution for 5000 units is $10000.

    The profit or loss is contribution – fixed costs,

    so if 10000 – fixed costs = (8000), then fixed costs must be $18,000

    November 10, 2014 at 7:30 am #208733
    saifudeen
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    sir,
    how you calculated contribution ?
    i didnt understood the way you did the full questionon :(, any other method of explanation ?
    Thank you

    November 10, 2014 at 10:06 am #208768
    John Moffat
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    If the variable cost was 100, then the contribution is 20 and the selling price is 120.

    So for every 120 selling price, the contribution must be 20.

    So for selling price of $12, the contribution is 20/120 x $12 = $2

    November 10, 2014 at 11:24 am #208784
    saifudeen
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    understood sir !!!!

    November 10, 2014 at 1:04 pm #208803
    John Moffat
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    Great 🙂

    November 11, 2014 at 12:07 pm #209073
    saifudeen
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    sir,,
    why we added loss of 8000 to fixed cost ?

    November 11, 2014 at 2:05 pm #209118
    John Moffat
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    If the contribution is +10,000, and the profit is – 8000 (i.e. a loss) then the fixed overheads must be 18,000!!!!!

    Profit = contribution – fixed overheads!

    November 12, 2014 at 5:36 am #209239
    saifudeen
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    sir,
    actually what means contribution ?
    i thought it was lyk contibution = selling price – variable cost ??
    actually selling price means fixed cost ryt ?

    November 12, 2014 at 12:50 pm #209339
    John Moffat
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    Contribution does equal selling price less variable cost.

    What on earth makes you think that the selling price means fixed cost????

    Profit = contribution less fixed costs

    November 12, 2014 at 5:23 pm #209417
    saifudeen
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    hahahaha…..
    typing mistake sir !

    November 12, 2014 at 6:18 pm #209446
    John Moffat
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    🙂

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