Healthy Foods Inc. sells 50-pound bags of grapes to the military for \(10 a bag. The fixed costs of this operation are \)80,000, while the variable costs of grapes are $0.10 per pound.

a. What is the break-even point in bags?

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The Break-even point in bags is 16,000 units.

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01

Variable cost per bag

Variablecost=Variablecostperpound×Totalpoundinbag=$0.10×50=$5

02

Break even point in bags

Breakevenpoint=FixedcostRevenueperunit-Variablecostperunit=$80,000$10-$5=16,000units

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