High-Low Method

Ziegler Inc. has decided to use the high-low method to estimate the total cost and the fixed and variable cost components of the total cost. The data for various levels of production are as follows:

Units Produced			Total Costs
2,665			$435,420
4,240			445,100
6,765			677,320

a. Determine the variable cost per unit and the total fixed cost.

Variable cost: (Round to the nearest dollar.)	$ per unit
Total fixed cost:	$

b. Based on part (a), estimate the total cost for 3,390 units of production.

Total cost for 3,390 units:

$

Sales Mix and Break-Even Sales

Data related to the expected sales of laptops and tablets for Tech Products Inc. for the current year, which is typical of recent years, are as follows:

Products	Unit Selling Price		Unit Variable Cost		Sales Mix
Laptops	$1,200		$600		40%
Tablets	700		350		60%

The estimated fixed costs for the current year are $2,250,000.

Required:

1. Determine the estimated units of sales of the overall (total) product, E, necessary to reach the break-even pointfor the current year. units

2. Based on the break-even sales (units) in part (1), determine the unit sales of both laptops and tablets for the current year.

Laptops	units
Tablets	units

3. Assume that the sales mix was 60% laptops and 40% tablets. Compare the breakeven point with that in part (1). Why is it so different? units

The break-even point is in this scenario than in part (1) because the sales mix is toward the product with the higher of product.