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Tamara Company sells two types of control systems – Basic andDeluxe - as follows:

Selling price per unit Variable expense per unit

Basic $120 $90

Deluxe $280 $220

Fixed monthly expenses total $300,000. The expected sales mix inunits is 60% for product Basic and 40% for Deluxe.

1. How many units of each product must be sold each month inorder to breakeven?

2. How many units of each product must be sold each month inorder to make $150,000 profit per month?

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Basic Deluxe
Selling price per unit 120 280
variable expense per unit 90 220
contribution margin per unit 30 60
Weighted average contribution = 30*.6+60*.4
42
1) units to be sold to breakeven = fixed cost/weighted average contribution
300,000/42
         7,143
product A (7143*60%)          4,286
product B (7143*40%)    2,857.14
2) (300,000+150,000)/42
         10,714
product A          6,428
product B          4,286

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