Swanson company has two divisions; sporting goods and sports gear. the sales mix is 65% for sporting goods and 35% for sports gear. swanson incurs $6,660,000 in fixed costs. the contribution margin ratio for sporting goods is 30%, while for sports gear it is 50%. the break-even point in dollars is

14,400,000 is the answer

a manufacturer of printed circuit boards uses exponential smoothing with trend to forecast monthly demand of its product. at the end of december, the company wishes to forecast sales for january. the estimate of trend through november has been 200 additional boards sold per month. average sales have been around 1000 units per month. the demand for december was 1100 units. the company uses α = 0.20 and β = 0.10. make a forecast including trend for the month of january.

answer assertive;