Exam IIA-CIA-Part3 Topic 7 Question 35 Discussion
Actual exam question for IIA's IIA-CIA-Part3 exam
Question #: 35
Topic #: 7
Question #: 35
Topic #: 7
The company has learned that a new direct material is available that will increase the quality of its product. The new material will increase the direct materials costs by US $3 per unit. The company will increase the selling price of the product to US $50 per unit and increase its marketing costs by US $1.575.000 to advertise the higher-quality product. The number of units the company has to sell to earn a 1 O% before-tax return on sales is:
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Pretax profit 10% of dollar sales) equals dollar sales unit sales US $50), minus total fixed costs increased by US $1,575,000 of marketing costs), minus total variable costs increased by US $3 per unit). Unit sales S) therefore equal 478.125 units.


by Luther at Oct 26, 2025, 07:06 AM
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