A digitized music tuner has been a staple in Smooth Sounds’ product line for several
years. Annual fixed costs of production and administration related to this product in the
past have been $643,500. Variable costs of production and sales have been $17 per unit.
The selling price in the past has been $28 per unit. Based on the appearance of
competing products on the market, management has asked you to do the following:
a. Compute the breakeven point in units and sales dollars for the present product.
b. Compute the breakeven point in units and sales dollars if the variable costs increased
by $3 per unit and the fixed costs increased by $14,375 per month.
c. Using the information from (b), an expected additional monthly advertising charge of
$10,000, and a monthly sales rate of 15,000 units, compute the competitive selling price
that the company must obtain in order to have a profit of $32,000 per month. (Round
answers to two decimal places.)