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Mar/ Jun 18- Q 32d The Alka Hotel

Forums › Ask ACCA Tutor Forums › Ask the Tutor ACCA PM Exams › Mar/ Jun 18- Q 32d The Alka Hotel

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  • August 9, 2019 at 3:25 pm #526900
    amal
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    Margin of safety- why has the answer used the breakeven point at “total costs” and not at fixed costs?

    August 9, 2019 at 4:44 pm #526938
    John Moffat
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    Breakeven is always when total revenue is equal to total costs.

    Which is the same as when total contribution is equal to the fixed costs, which is what the examiners answer has done.

    Have you watched my free lectures on CVP analysis? The lectures are a complete free course for Paper PM and cover everything needed to be able to pass the exam well.

    January 28, 2020 at 8:51 am #560033
    iza1
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    Sir i have an issue with this question partc , where they say that to breakeven they need 2000 nights which they dont have so the decision is not viable.

    But when we calculated the breakeven point as 20000/20 = 1000 nights , the $20 contribution was after taking into account the theatre package of have two nights which we reflected in sales value and variable cost.
    So breakeven point for the whole package should be 1000 right ? why again multiply with 2 ?

    January 28, 2020 at 12:55 pm #560052
    John Moffat
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    $20 is the contribution per package of 2 nights.

    The breakeven is 1,000 packages.

    Since each package consists of 2 nights, then 1,000 packages is the same as 2,000 room nights.

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