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saul85
1 month ago
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Jack’s Grocery is manufacturing a "store brand" item that has a variable cost of $0.75 per unit and a selling price of $1.25 per

unit. Fixed costs are $12,000. Current volume is 50,000 units. The Grocery can substantially improve the product quality by adding a new piece of equipment at an additional fixed cost of $5,000. Variable cost would increase to $1.00, but their volume should increase to 70,000 units due to the higher quality product. Should the company buy the new equipment?
Business
1 answer:
Free_Kalibri [3.1K]1 month ago
6 0

Answer:

No

Explanation:

To determine the profit or net income, we calculate:

Net income = Sales - variable costs - fixed costs

where,

Sales = current volume × selling price per unit

= 50,000 units × $1.25 per unit

= $62,500

Variable costs = current volume × variable cost per unit

= 50,000 units × $0.75 per unit

= $37,500

With fixed costs at $12,000, we can now apply these figures:

So, the calculation becomes

= $62,500 - $37,500 - $12,000

= $13,000

Next,

Updated sales = updated volume × selling price per unit

= 70,000 units × $1.25 per unit

= $87,500

Updated variable cost = updated volume × increased variable cost per unit

= 70,000 units × $1.00 per unit

= $70,000

And the new fixed costs = fixed cost + increased fixed cost

= $12,000 + $5,000

= $17,000

Plugging these numbers back into the initial equation gives us:

= $87,500 - $70,000 - $17,000

= $500

As the profit declines from $13,000 to $500, the company should not invest in the new equipment.

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