Clay Industries Coiled Machine Tubing: Total Fixed Cost Analysis

Total Fixed Cost

Prev Question Next Question

Question

Clay Industries, a large industrial firm, is evaluating the sales of its existing line of coiled machine tubing. In their analysis, the operating managers of Clay

Industries have identified the following information related to the coiled machine tubing division and its product:

Average variable cost of $100.50

Average sales price of $167.75 -

Breakeven quantity of 15,985 units

Which of the following best describes the total fixed cost for this product?

Answers

Explanations

Click on the arrows to vote for the correct answer

A. B. C. D. E. F.

F

To calculate the breakeven quantity for a product, use the following equation: {Fixed operating costs/[avg. sales price per unit - variable cost per unit]}. To determine the total fixed production cost of this product, we must rearrange the standard equation using algebra, in a manner such that the resulting equation resembles the following: [$167.75 - $100.50]

* 15,985 units = X. Solving for X, which represents the total fixed production costs, yields an answer of $1,075,000.