The Winter Products Division of American Sports Corporation Produces and Markets

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Essay

The Winter Products Division of American Sports Corporation produces and markets two products for use in the snow: Sleds and Saucers.The following data were gathered on activities last month:
$\begin{array}{|l|r|r|}\hline & \text { Sleds } & \text { Saucers } \\\hline \text { Sales in units } & 2,000 & 9,000 \\\hline \text { Selling price per unit } & \$ 50 & \$ 20 \\\hline \text { Variable fixed production costs } & \$ 20 & \$ 5 \\\hline \text { Traceable fixed production costs } & \$ 12,000 & \$ 33,000 \\\hline \text { Variable selling expensesper unit } & \$ 2 & \$ 1 \\\hline \text { Traceable fixed selling expenses } & \$ 2,000 & \$ 3,000 \\\hline \text { Allocated division administrative expenses } & \$ 40,000 & \$ 72,000 \\\hline\end{array}$

Required:
a.Prepare a segmented income statement in the contribution format for last month,showing both "Amount" and "Percent" columns for the division as a whole and for each product.
b.Why might it be very difficult to calculate separate break-even sales for each product?
c.Refer to the original data and,if necessary,the results of the segmented income statement prepared in part (a)above.Calculate the total break-even sales (in both units AND dollars)for last month,assuming that none of the fixed production costs and fixed selling expenses is traceable.Allocate the total break-even sales between the two products.
d.Again,refer to the original data and,if necessary,the results of the segmented income statement prepared in part (a)above.Calculate the total break-even sales (in both units AND dollars)for last month,assuming that the "allocated" amounts of the division's administrative expenses are fixed and actually traceable.Allocate the total break-even sales between the two products.
e.How reasonable are the total break-even sales numbers calculated in parts (c)and (d)given the actual results for last month?

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