Sales Mix and Break-Even Sales Data related to the expectedsales of laptops and tablets for Tech Products Inc. for the currentyear, which is typical of recent years, are as follows: ProductsUnit Selling Price Unit Variable Cost Sales Mix Laptops $190 $13030% Tablets 520 240 70% The estimated fixed costs for the currentyear are $269,640. Required: 1. Determine the estimated units ofsales of the overall (total) product, E, necessary to reach thebreak-even point for the current year. units 2. Based on thebreak-even sales (units) in part (1), determine the unit sales ofboth laptops and tablets for the current year. Laptops: unitsTablets: units 3. Assume that the sales mix was 70% laptops and 30%tablets. Determine the estimated units of sales of the overallproduct necessary to reach the break-even point for the currentyear. units Why is it so different? The break-even point is higherin this scenario than in part (1) because the sales mix is weightedmore heavily toward the product with the lower contribution marginper unit of product.
