Question: Coin was a professional classical guitar player until his motorcycle accident that left him disabled. After long months of therapy he hired a luthier and

Coin was a professional classical guitar player until his motorcycle accident that left him disabled. After long months of therapy he hired a luthier and started to make and sell Spanish guitars. They sell for $700 and the fixed monthly operating cossts are:

  • rent and utilities: 800$
  • wages and benefits to luthier: 2500
  • other expenses: 480

Colin's accountant told him about contribution margin ratios and he understood clearly that for every dollar of sales, $0.60 went to cover his fixed costs, and that anything past thhat point was pure profit.

a. Colin is planning to increase the selling price to $820 what impact will the increase in selling price have on the breakeven point in units

  1. it will go down from 11 to 9 units
  2. it will go down from 9 to 7 units
  3. it will go up from 9 to 12 units
  4. it will stay the same

b. Colin is planning to increase the selling price to $750 what impact will the increase in selling price have on the contribution margin ratio?

  1. it will go down from 70% to approximately 67%
  2. it will go up 70% to 75%
  3. it will go up from 60% to 63%
  4. it will stay the same

c. how many guitars does Colin have to sell each month to break even

  1. 14 guitars
  2. 7 guitars
  3. 6 guitars
  4. 9 guitars

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