Question: PLEASE NOT THESE NUMBERS are wrong 13,148.79; 17,474.05 PLEASE PROVIDE THE CORRECT NUMBERS I went ahead and submitted and the answer they provided is shown

PLEASE NOT THESE NUMBERS are wrong 13,148.79; 17,474.05

PLEASE PROVIDE THE CORRECT NUMBERS

 PLEASE NOT THESE NUMBERS are wrong 13,148.79; 17,474.05 PLEASE PROVIDE THE

I went ahead and submitted and the answer they provided is shown below

a.

The accounting break-even is the aftertax sum of the fixed costs and depreciation charge divided by the aftertax contribution margin (selling price minus variable cost). So, the accounting break-even level of sales is:

QA = [(FC + Depreciation)(1 TC)] / [(P VC)(1 TC)]
QA = [($380,000 + $750,000 / 6) (1 .34)] / [($35.50 6.60) (1 .34)]
QA = 17,474.05, or about 17,474 units

b.

When calculating the financial break-even point, we express the initial investment as an equivalent annual cost (EAC). Dividing the initial investment by the six-year annuity factor, discounted at 13 percent, the EAC of the initial investment is:

EAC = Initial Investment / PVIFA13%,6

EAC = $750,000 / 3.99755
EAC = $187,614.92

Note that this calculation solves for the annuity payment with the initial investment as the present value of the annuity. In other words:

PVA = C({1 [1 / (1 + R)t]} / R)
$750,000 = C{[1 (1 / 1.136)] / .13}
C = $187,614.92

Now we can calculate the financial break-even point. The financial break-even point for this project is:

QF = [EAC + FC(1 TC) D(tC)] / [(P VC)(1 TC)]
QF = [$187,614.92 + $380,000(.66) ($750,000 / $6)(.34)] / [($35.50 6.60) (.66)]
QF = 20,756.79, or about 20,757 units

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