A firm produces and sells a product with a contribution margin of $32 per unit. The firm is presently selling 90,000 units and earning $320,000 in pre-tax income. If the firm desires to increase its pre-tax income to $ 400,000, how many more units must it sell?

What will be an ideal response?


Target increase in pretax income = $80,000
 Additional units = $80,000/$32 = 2,500 units

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