Wembley Travel Agency specializes in flights between Los Angeles and London. It books passengers on United Airlines at $900 per round-trip ticket. Until last month, United paid Wembley a commission of 10% of the ticket price paid by each passenger. This commission was Wembley’s only source of revenue. Wembley’s fixed costs are $14,000 per month (for salaries, rent, and so on), and its variable costs are $20 per ticket purchased for a passenger. This $20 includes a $15 per ticket delivery fee paid to Federal Express. (To keep the analysis simple, we assume each round-trip ticket purchased is delivered in a separate package. Thus, the $15 delivery fee applies to each ticket.)
United Airlines has just announced a revised payment schedule for all travel agents. It will now pay travel agents a 10% commission per ticket up to a maximum of $50. Any ticket costing more than $500 generates only a $50 commission, regardless of the ticket price. Under the old 10% commission structure, how many round-trip tickets must Wembley sell each month to break even? Question 5Answer a. 250 tickets b. 200 tickets c. 350 tickets d. 300 tickets
To determine how many round-trip tickets Wembley Travel Agency must sell each month to break even under the old commission structure, we need to calculate the total revenue, total costs, and the break-even point.
To find the break-even point in terms of the number of tickets, we use the formula:
[ \text{Break-even point (in units)} = \frac{\text{Fixed Costs}}{\text{Contribution Margin per Ticket}} ]
Substituting the values:
[ \text{Break-even point} = \frac{14,000}{790} \approx 17.72 ]
Since we cannot sell a fraction of a ticket, we round up to the nearest whole number:
[ \text{Break-even point} = 18 \text{ tickets} ]
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[ \text{Break-even point} = \frac{14,000}{880} \approx 15.91 ]
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