Question: PLEASE ANSWER LETTER C , I PROVIDED THE WORK FOR A AND B. please answer ONLY LETTER C , thank you!!! IV) Break Even Section

PLEASE ANSWER LETTER C, I PROVIDED THE WORK FOR A AND B.

PLEASE ANSWER LETTER C, I PROVIDED THE WORK FOR A AND B.please answer ONLY LETTER C, thank you!!! IV) Break Even Section (each

please answer ONLY LETTER C, thank you!!!

IV) Break Even Section (each correct answer is worth 9 points) Make sure you show your work. A) A hardware store sells a variety of products but most can be lumped into three major categories. These categories will average gross profit levels as indicated next to the category description. The overall sales matrix of the company indicates the percentage of overall sales that each category represents. Those percentages are as follows: Description % of total sales Gross Profit Margin 1) Hardware 40% 30% 2) Home Furnishings 35% 3) Lawn and Garden Products If you are told that the fixed overhead (burden) for the company is $806,250 per year. What is the total break even point in total sales dollars for this company if the percentage of sales allocations and the applicable gross profit margins are consistent with the above matrix data? 40% 25% 25% B) 1 In the example above, if competition enters the market and causes sales to reallocate as follows but at the same gross profit margins and the same fixed costs (burden) what would the breakeven point be in total sales dollars? Description Percentage of total sales 1) Hardware 20% 2) Home Furnishings 35% 3) Lawn and Garden Products 45% C) If in "B" above (do not confuse with first problem) The fixed expenses (burden) were changed to $875,000 per year, what would the breakeven point be in total sales dollars? G H 1 A) 2 Hardware 40 X 30 12% 3 Home Furnishings 35 X 40 14% 4 Lawn and Garden 25 X 25 6.25% 5 OVERALL PROFIT 32.25% 6 FIXED OVERHEAD $806,250 7 8 Break even point in total sales dollars= 9 20 FIXED OVERHEAD 1 OVERALL PROFIT X 100 2 3 $806,250 _4 32.25 X 100 5 L6 $25,000,000 -7 8 B) 9 Hardware 20 X 30 6% 0 Home Furnishings 35 X 40 14% 1 Lawn and Garden 45 X 25 11.25% 2 OVERALL PROFIT 31.25% 23 4 Break even point in total sales dollars= 15 6 FIXED OVERHEAD 7 OVERALL PROFIT X 100 28 19 $806,250 31.25 X 100 NO 00 $25,800,000

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