Crossfire Company segments its business into two regionsEast and West. The...

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Crossfire Company segments its business into two regionsEast and West. The company prepared the contribution format segmented income statement shown below:

Total Company East West
Sales $ 1,170,000 $ 720,000 $ 450,000
Variable expenses 877,500 576,000 301,500
Contribution margin 292,500 144,000 148,500
Traceable fixed expenses 166,000 67,000 99,000
Segment margin 126,500 $ 77,000 $ 49,500
Common fixed expenses 60,000
Net operating income $ 66,500

Required:
1.

Compute the companywide break-even point in dollar sales. (Round intermediate calculations to two decimal places.)

2.

Compute the break-even point in dollar sales for the East region. (Round intermediate calculations to two decimal places.)

3.

Compute the break-even point in dollar sales for the West region. (Round intermediate calculations to two decimal places.)

4. Prepare a new segmented income statement based on the break-even dollar sales that you computed in requirements 2 and 3. (Round intermediate calculations to two decimal places.)

______________ Total Company East West

5.

Do you think that Crossfire should allocate its common fixed expenses to the East and West regions when computing the break-even points for each region?

Yes
No

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