Barnes wants to earn a profit of an after-tax profit of $210,000 from its skateboard product line. The corporate tax rate is 25%. Determine the number of units of skateboards that Barnes must sell in order to earn at least an after-tax profit of $210,000.

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Barnes Corporation produces a number of different types of sports equipment, including tricycles, bicycles (road and mountain bikes), skateboards, roller blades, skates, skis and snowboards. For the skateboard product line, it is expected that Barnes will incur the following per unit variable manufacturing costs: Direct materials: Direct labor: $36.30/unit $19.70/unit Variable manufacturing overhead: $12.75/unit Barnes also expects to incur $1,700,000 in fixed manufacturing overhead, and $640,000 in fixed SG&A costs related to the selling of skateboards. Barnes also expects to sell each skateboard for $86/unit. Barnes Corporation produces a number of different types of sports equipment, including tricycles, bicycles (road and mountain bikes), skateboards, roller blades, skates, skis and snowboards. For the skateboard product line, it is expected that Barnes will incur the following per unit variable manufacturing costs: Direct materials: Direct labor: $36.30/unit $19.70/unit Variable manufacturing overhead: $12.75/unit Barnes also expects to incur $1,700,000 in fixed manufacturing overhead, and $640,000 in fixed SG&A costs related to the selling of skateboards. Barnes also expects to sell each skateboard for $86/unit.

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