The Following Data Relate to a Company That Produces and Sells

question 93

Multiple Choice

The following data relate to a company that produces and sells a travel guide that is updated monthly:
$\begin{array} { | l | r | } \hline \text { Fixed costs: } & \\\hline \text { Copy editing } & \$ 6,000 \\\hline \text { Art work } & \$ 2,000 \\\hline \text { Typesetting } & \$ 72,000 \\\hline\end{array}$
$\begin{array} { | l | l | } \hline \text { Variable costs: } & \\\hline \text { Printing and binding } & \$ 3.20 \text { per copy } \\\hline \text { Bookstore discounts } & \$ 4.00 \text { per copy } \\\hline \text { Salespersons' commissions } & \$ 0.50 \text { per copy } \\\hline \text { Author's royalties } & \$ 2.00 \text { per copy }\\\hline \end{array}$ Each book sells for $20.00. The company sold 8,000 books in June and 10,000 books in July.




-What is the break-even point in units?

• A) 8,247 books.
• B) 7,767 books.
• C) 7,407 books.
• D) 6,504 books.

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Definitions:

Collectively Exhaustive

A property of a set of events that ensures all possible outcomes are covered, leaving no possibility out.

Probability

A numerical measure of the likelihood of a specific event occurring, ranging from 0 to 1.

Mutually Exclusive

Mutually exclusive refers to events in probability and statistics that cannot occur at the same time, indicating that the occurrence of one event necessarily excludes the occurrence of the other.

Collectively Exhaustive

A set of events is collectively exhaustive if at least one of the events must occur.