Question

13. Healthy Foods, Inc., sells 50-pound bags of grapes to the military for $10 a bag.
The fixed costs of this operation are $80,000, while the variable costs of the
Grapes are $.10 per pound.

A .What is the break-even point in bags?

Answer 1

Profit=costs
10/50 * n=80000+.1n where n is number of pounds. n will have to be a multiple of 50 the way the bags are made.

.2n-.1n=80000
n= 800,000 lbs.

Answer 2

16,000 bags

Answer 3

what is the degree of operating leaverage at 20,000 bags and at 25,000 bags

Answer 4

The degree of operating leverage at 20,000 bags and at 25,000 bags

DOL = (Quantity x (Selling Price - Variable Cost))/((Quantity x (Selling Price - Variable Cost))- Fixed Cost)

DOL (20,000) = (20,000*(10-5))/(((20,000*(10-5))-80,000) = 5 times

DOL (25,000) = (25,000*(10-5))/(((25,000*(10-5))-80,000) = 2.78 times