Question: Markland Manufacturing intends to increase capacity LOADING... by overcoming a bottleneck LOADING... operation by adding new equipment. Two vendors have presented proposals. The fixed costs
Markland Manufacturing intends to increase
capacity
LOADING...
by overcoming a
bottleneck
LOADING...
operation by adding new equipment. Two vendors have presented proposals. The fixed costs are
$60,000
for proposal A and
$80,000
for proposal B. In addition to the proposed fixed costs from the two vendors, Markland's management anticipates that they will have to spend
$8,000
for installations to be completed. The variable cost is
$14.00
for A and
$12.00
for B. The revenue generated by each unit is
$22.00.
a) The break-even point in dollars for the proposal by Vendor A =
$
(Round your response to the nearest whole number.)
b) The break-even point in dollars for the proposal by Vendor B =
$
(Round your response to the nearest whole number.)
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