Winthrop Manufacturing Produces a Product That Sells for $50

question 81

Multiple Choice

Winthrop Manufacturing produces a product that sells for $50.00. Fixed costs are $260,000 and variable costs are $24.00 per unit. Winthrop can buy a new production machine that will increase fixed costs by $11,400 per year, but will decrease variable costs by $3.50 per unit. What effect would the purchase of the new machine have on Winthrop's break-even point in units?

• A) 800 unit increase.
• B) 800 unit decrease.
• C) 5,714 unit increase.
• D) 4,444 unit decrease.
• E) No effect on the break-even point in units.

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