Academic Integrity: tutoring, explanations, and feedback — we don’t complete graded work or submit on a student’s behalf.

Exercise 11-8 Sarasota provides environmentally friendly lawn services for homeo

ID: 2517872 • Letter: E

Question



Exercise 11-8 Sarasota provides environmentally friendly lawn services for homeowners. Its operating costs are as follows. CALCULATOR ESSAGE YINSTRUC Depreciation Advertising Insurance Weed and feed materials Direct labor Fuel $1,800 per month $400 per month $4,450 per month $14 per lawn $18 per lawn $3 per lawn Sarasota charges $70 per treatment for the average single-family lawn. Determine the company's break-even point in number of lawns serviced per month. lawns Break-even point VIDEO: APPLIED SKILLS VIDEO: SIMILAR PROBLEM LINK TO TEXT LINK TO TEXT Determine the company's break-even point in dollars. (Round answer to O decimal places, e.g. 1,225.) VIDEO' APPLIED SKrus VIDEO: SIMILAR PROBLEM Break-even point s LINK TO TEXT LINK TO TEXT l Sens. Inc. All Rights Reserved. A Division of John Wiley &Sons.Jos;

Explanation / Answer

Answer

Working

Total Fixed Costs

Depreciation

$        1,800.00

Advertising

$            400.00

Insurance

$        4,450.00

Total Fixed Cost

$        6,650.00

Total Variable cost per Lawn

Weed

$              14.00

Direct labor

$              18.00

Fuel

$                3.00

Total variable cost per unit

$              35.00

Service charges per Lawn

$              70.00

(-) variable cost per lawn

$              25.00

Contribution margin per lawn

$              45.00

Answer 1 & 2

A

Total Fixed Cost

$        6,650.00

B

Contribution margin per lawn

$              35.00

C=A/B

Break Even point in Lawns

190

D

Service charges per Lawn

$              70.00

E=C x D

Break Even point in Dollars

$      13,300.00

Answer 1

Unit Selling price

$              544.00

(-) Unit Variable cost

$              381.00

Unit Contribution margin

$              163.00

Answer 2

Total

Per unit

Sales Revenue

$    4,43,904.00

$                544.00

(-) variable cost

$    3,10,896.00

$                381.00

Contribution margin

$    1,33,008.00

$                163.00

(-) Fixed Cost

$        73,350.00

Net Income

$        59,658.00

Total Fixed Costs

Depreciation

$        1,800.00

Advertising

$            400.00

Insurance

$        4,450.00

Total Fixed Cost

$        6,650.00

Total Variable cost per Lawn

Weed

$              14.00

Direct labor

$              18.00

Fuel

$                3.00

Total variable cost per unit

$              35.00

Service charges per Lawn

$              70.00

(-) variable cost per lawn

$              25.00

Contribution margin per lawn

$              45.00