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hello
please help me with the following question below. I am failing to understand even the worked answer provided for the very question. Your help will greatly be appreciated
PER plc sells three products. The budgeted fixed cost for the period is $648,000. The budgeted contribution
to sales ratio (C/S ratio) and sales mix are as follows.
Product C/S ratio Mix
P 27% 30%
E 56% 20%
R 38% 50%
The breakeven revenue is:
Hello , I try may be I am wrong
so we need finally to have the result as Fixed Costs /(C/S) hence 648000/(C/S)
C/S we know such as 0.27 / 0.56 / 0.38
Sales mix we know as 3:2:5
weighted average contribution is (3*0.27+2*0.56+5*0.38) / total sales (3+2+5) = 0.383 this is C/S coef.
Finally we should have 648 000 / 0.383 = 1 691 609 ( please consider decimal numbers, it is really impacting).
please correct me if I am wrong,
thank you
Hi,
Thanks for your response Alexbelokonshly – this is 99.9% correct but may I remind you that it is the general CIMA forums where your help is most welcomed. The Ask a Tutor forum is designed for tutor’s responses only.
Thank you for your help anyway- the calculation is just as you state – except the final figure of $648,000 /0.383 =$ 1,691,906 ( not 1,691,609 as stated).
Hope that helps
Sorry I have realized it later. My apologize.
No worries – thanks for your contribution anyway & best of luck with your studies 🙂
