EXERCISE 6-17 (30 MINUTES)

16,000 units will have to be sold. The fixed costs that will have to be

covered by the additional sales are:

Fixed costs on the first 16,000 units ... $35,000

Less contribution margin from the first 16,000 units.... 28,000

Remaining unrecovered fixed costs... 7,000

Add monthly rental cost of the additional space

needed to produce more than 16,000 units... 1,000

Total fixed costs to be covered by remaining sales ... $ 8,000

Problem 6-26 (continued)

The additional sales of units required to cover these fixed costs would

be:

Total remaining fixed costs = $8,000 =5,000 units

Unit contribution margin on added units $1.60 per unit

Therefore, a total of 21,000 units (16,000 + 5,000) must be sold in or-

der for the company to break even. This number of units would equal

total sales of: