Suppose that the ABC Corporation has a production (and sales) capacity of $1,000,000 per month. Its fixed costs—over a considerable range of volume—are $350,000 per month, and the variable costs are $0.50 per dollar of sales.
a) What is the annual breakeven point volume (D')?
b) What would be the effect on D' of decreasing the variable cost per unit by 25% if the fixed costs thereby increased by 10%?
c) What would be the effect on D' if the fixed costs were decreased by 10% and the variable cost per unit were increased by the same percentage?