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AACE International Exam CCP Topic 4 Question 20 Discussion

Actual exam question for AACE International's CCP exam
Question #: 20
Topic #: 4
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SCENARIO: A can manufacturing company requested you to provide data for their decision making The unit prices of the can varies but an average selling price of $0.55 cents and average cost of S45 cents is estimated.

The monthly fixed costs are:

Rant-$1,500

Wages - $4.000

Miscellaneous fixed expenses - $500

If there is an additional variable cost of $0.02 per unit, the monthly break even units are:

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Suggested Answer: D

To calculate the break-even point, we need to determine how many units must be sold to cover all fixed and variable costs. The formula to calculate the break-even point in units is:

Break-evenunits=TotalFixedCostsSellingPriceperUnitVariableCostperUnit\text{Break-even units} = \frac{\text{Total Fixed Costs}}{\text{Selling Price per Unit} - \text{Variable Cost per Unit}}Break-evenunits=SellingPriceperUnitVariableCostperUnitTotalFixedCosts

Given:

Selling Price per Unit = $0.55

Variable Cost per Unit = $0.45 + $0.02 = $0.47

Contribution Margin per Unit = $0.55 - $0.47 = $0.08

Total Fixed Costs:

TotalFixedCosts=1500+4000+500=6000\text{Total Fixed Costs} = 1500 + 4000 + 500 = 6000TotalFixedCosts=1500+4000+500=6000

Break-even units:

Break-evenunits=60000.08=75,000units\text{Break-even units} = \frac{6000}{0.08} = 75,000 \text{ units}Break-evenunits=0.086000=75,000units

Therefore, the correct answer is C. 75,000 units.


Contribute your Thoughts:

Kanisha
3 days ago
C? Really? I'd like to see the math on that one. Must be cooking the books or something.
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Paulina
6 days ago
B sounds about right. Though I'm surprised they didn't throw in a trick question just to mess with us.
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Emiko
11 days ago
Why do you think it's 60,000 units?
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Carli
13 days ago
I disagree, I believe the answer is D) 60,000 units.
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Salley
15 days ago
I'm going with D. Gotta factor in those fixed costs to get the right breakeven point.
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Elfriede
23 days ago
A? That's way too low. The variable cost alone would make it higher than that.
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Arletta
2 days ago
C) 75,000 units
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Detra
4 days ago
B) 48,500 units
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Shawna
8 days ago
A) 40,000 units
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Emiko
1 months ago
I think the answer is C) 75,000 units.
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