Question

Chester has negotiated a new labor contract for the next round that will affect the cost for their product City. Labor costs will go from $2.89 to $3.39 per unit. Assume all period and variable costs as reported on Chester's Income Statement remain the same. If Chester were to pass on half the new labor costs to their customers, how many units of product City would need to be sold next round to break even on the product

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Option A 1452 units

Explanation:

The increase in labor cost=$3.39-$2.89=$0.50

Half of the increase would reflect as increase in price i.e$0.25

Current price is $16

new price is $16+$0.25=$16.25

contribution margin =selling price -variable cost

currently units sold=$30,875/$16= 1,930

Current contribution per unit=$11,401/1930=$5.91

new contribution per unit would reduce by $0.25 i.e $5.91-$0.25=$5.66

breakeven in units=period cost/contribution margin per unit

period cost is $8346

breakeven units=$8346/$5.66=1475 units

The closest option is A 1452 units,the difference could be due to rounding error

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