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Clam Clam Restaurant offers two types of all-you-can eat options: regular and ul

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Question

Clam Clam Restaurant offers two types of all-you-can eat options: regular and ultimate. Ultimate provides more choices than the regular menu. The restaurant incurs fixed costs of $9,000 per month. Its planned sales mix in units is 33% regular and 67% ultimate. The following table indicates the selling price and variable costs for each option.



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How many units of each of the regular and ultimate options need to be sold each month for the company to break-even, assuming the planned sales mix is maintained.
Break-even point Regular: Answer
Break-even point Ultimate: Answer

Regular Ultimate Selling Price $22 $31 Variable Cost $11 $14

Explanation / Answer

Break-even is the point of zero loss or profit. At break-even point, the revenues of the business are equal its total costs and its contribution margin equals its total fixed costs

Assumptions

Regular = 9000 x 33/100 = 2970

Ultimate = 9000 x 67 / 100 = 6030

The formula to calculate break even unit is

Break-even Sales Units =FC /p – v

Where

FC = Fixed cost

P = Selling price

V = Variable cost

Calculation of break -even point of regular by putting values in above formula

X = 2970 /22-11

   = 2970/11

= 270 units

To achieve break even of regular 270 units have to be sold

Calculation of break -even point of ultimate by putting values in above formula

X= 6030 /31-14

= 6030 / 17

= 355 rounding off

To achieve break even of ultimate 355 units have to be sold