CVP analysis, changing revenues and costs. Sunset Travel Agency specializes in flights between Toronto and Jamaica. It books passengers on Hamilton Air. Sunset’s fixed costs are $23,500 per month. Hamilton Air charges passengers $1,500 per round-trip ticket.
Calculate the number of tickets Sunset must sell each month to (a) break even and (b) make a target operating income of $10,000 per month in each of the following independent cases.
- 1. Sunset’s variable costs are $43 per ticket. Hamilton Air pays Sunset 6% commission on ticket price.
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- 2. Sunset’s variable costs are $40 per ticket. Hamilton Air pays Sunset 6% commission on ticket price.
- 3. Sunset’s variable costs are $40 per ticket. Hamilton Air pays $60 fixed commission per ticket to Sunset. Comment on the results.
- 4. Sunset’s variable costs are $40 per ticket. It receives $60 commission per ticket from Hamilton Air. It charges its customers a delivery fee of $5 per ticket. Comment on the results.
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