Please show your work. Eric wants to start a car detailing business but is unsur
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Question
Please show your work.
Eric wants to start a car detailing business but is unsure how many cars he will need to detail before making a profit. His cousin has offered to let him use a small section of his shop for only $400 per month. Eric is going to pay his friend $10/hour to help him. He has estimated his additional expenses to be the following:
Insurance $150/month
His share of monthly utilities $110
Wax (will yield 10 cars) $16.00
Towels, soap, and other supplies $2.75/vehicle
Leasing of equipment $100/month
Marketing $125/month budgeted
He estimates that it will take him 4 hours to detail a vehicle if he has help from his friend.
He plans to charge $90 per vehicle.
Questions:
1) How many vehicles does Eric need to detail each month to breakeven?
2) Eric is now considering leaving his full-time job to grow his car detailing business but does not want to lose his salary. If he decides to pay himself $2000 per month how many cars does he have to detail in a month now to breakeven?
3) Are these numbers attainable? Please explain. List two suggestions you could give Eric that would affect his breakeven point:
Explanation / Answer
Solution.
Break-Even no of Vehicles.
BEP = Service revenue = $90
Variable Cost = 44.35
Contribution mArgin = $45.65
BEP = $885 / $45.65 = 19.38.
B. BEP when pay himself $2000 per month
= BEP = ($885 + 2,000 ) / $45.65 = 63.19.
Fixed Cost Shop $400.00 per month Insurance $150.00 per month monthly utilities $110.00 per month Leasing of equipment $100.00 per month Marketing $125.00 per month Total $885.00 per month