Volume sales and before tax profit


QUESTION:

BOOM, Inc., manufactures and sells dynamite.  A projected income statement for the expected sales volume of 1,500,000 cases is as follows:

Sales                           $4,500,000
Variable expenses          1,000,000
Contribution margin        $3,500,000
Fixed expenses              2,000,000
Before-tax profit            $1,500,000

How many cases would need to be sold to have a before-tax profit of $2,150,000?

    a.    1,100,000 cases        d.    1,778,572 cases
    b.    1,305,523 cases        e.    1,933,842 cases
    c.    1,589,331 cases        f.    none of the above

What dollar sales volume would be required to achieve $4,000,000 of before-tax profit?

a. $6,845,100       

b. $7,714,287       

c. $9,354,006       

d. $10,522,992

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