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Forrester Company is considering buying new equipment that would increase monthly fixed costs from $120,000 to $150,000 and would decrease the current variable costs of $70 by $10 per unit. The selling price of $100 is not expected to change. Forrester's current break-even sales are $400,000 and current break-even units are 4,000. If Forrester purchases this new equipment, the revised break-even point in units would:

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Answer:

"Decrease by 250" is the appropriate response.

Explanation:

The given values are:

Revised fixed cost,

= $150,000

Current selling price,

= $100

Current variable cost,

= $60

Current contribution will be:

=  [tex]Current \ selling \ price-Current \ variable \ cost[/tex]

=  [tex]100-60[/tex]

=  [tex]40[/tex]

Now,

The revised BEP will be:

=  [tex]\frac{Revised \ fixed \ cost}{Revised \ contribution}[/tex]

On substituting the values, we get

=  [tex]\frac{150,000}{40}[/tex]

=  [tex]3750 \ units[/tex]

hence,

=  [tex]4000-3750[/tex]

=  [tex]250[/tex]

Thus the above is the correct answer.

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