Sherpa Manufacturing Has the Following Income Statement for 6,000 Units

question 48

Essay

Sherpa Manufacturing has the following income statement for 6,000 units: (a)At what sales volume (in sales dollars)does Sherpa break even?
(b)At what sales volume (in units)does Sherpa break even?
(c)Given the income statement above,compute the margin of safety.
(d)What level of sales volume must be attained to reach net income of $200,000?
(e)What level of sales volume must be attained to reach net income of $180,000,assuming Sherpa had to pay income taxes at a rate of 40%?

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