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A-LevelAccountingCosting / Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP) AnalysisMay/June 2020Paper 1 Q291 Mark

A manufacturer produces a single product. The following information is available. [Table with 'selling price per unit' $14, 'variable costs per unit' $8, 'fixed costs per annum' $96000] There are plans to reduce the selling price by $3 per unit and to reduce variable costs by $1 per unit. Fixed costs will remain unchanged. What will be the new break-even point?

A9600 units
B12000 units
C24000 units
D48000 units

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About This A-Level Accounting Question

This multiple-choice question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Accounting (9706) May/June 2020 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Costing / Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP) Analysis and is worth 1 mark.

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