Use the Following to Answer the Questions Below

question 118

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer the questions below.
A company must decide on the type of equipment to buy in order to manufacture a new product line.The company can purchase an all-purpose machine,with fixed costs amounting to $20,000 per year,and it will cost $40 / unit to produce the new line on this machine.It can also buy a special-purpose machine,with fixed costs of $50,000 per year,and the per unit cost on this machine is $30.
-Refer to the instruction above.What is the break-even quantity between the two machines?

• A)7,000 units
• B)10,000 units
• C)3,000 units
• D)5,000 units

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Definitions:

General Journal Entry

A general journal entry is a record of financial transactions in the accounting records of a business.

Notes Payable

This refers to a written promise to pay a certain amount of money, usually including interest, by a specific date, and is recognized as a liability on a company's balance sheet.

Effective Interest Method

An accounting practice used to allocate loan or bond interest expense over the life of the loan or bond based on the loan's amortized cost.

Interest Payment

The amount paid by a borrower to a lender as compensation for the use of borrowed money, usually expressed as a percentage of the principal amount.