Fashions, Inc. is a retail store that sells sweaters and jackets. In the past, it has bought all its sweaters from a supplier for $20 per unit and had no fixed costs for this line of clothing. However, Fashions has the opportunity to acquire a small manufacturing facility where it could produce its own sweaters. The projected data for producing its own sweaters are as follows: Required:
1. If Fashions acquired the manufacturing facility, how many sweaters would it have to produce in order to break even? (Round your answer up, to the nearest whole number.)
2. To earn an after tax profit of $125,000 per month, how many sweaters would Fashions have to sell if it buys the sweaters from the supplier? If it produces its own sweaters? Fashion's combined income tax rate is 30%. (Round your answer up, to the nearest whole number.)
3. What is the profit-indifference sales volume in terms of the two options under consideration? (Ignore income tax effects.) Show a computation of operating income to prove your answer.

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Fashions, Inc. is a retail store that sells sweaters and jackets. In the past, it has bought all its sweaters from a supplier for $20 per unit and had no fixed costs for this line of clothing. However, Fashions has the opportunity to acquire a small manufacturing facility where it could produce its own sweaters. The projected data for producing its own sweaters are as follows:  Required:
1. If Fashions acquired the manufacturing facility, how many sweaters would it have to produce in order to break even? (Round your answer up, to the nearest whole number.)
2. To earn an after tax profit of $125,000 per month, how many sweaters would Fashions have to sell if it buys the sweaters from the supplier? If it produces its own sweaters? Fashion's combined income tax rate is 30%. (Round your answer up, to the nearest whole number.)
3. What is the profit-indifference sales volume in terms of the two options under consideration? (Ignore income tax effects.) Show a computation of operating income to prove your answer.

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The Answer of Fashions, Inc. is a retail store that sells sweaters and jackets. In the past, it has bought all its sweaters from a supplier for $20 per unit and had no fixed costs for this line of clothing. However, Fashions has the opportunity to acquire a small manufacturing facility where it could produce its own sweaters. The projected data for producing its own sweaters are as follows:  Required:
1. If Fashions acquired the manufacturing facility, how many sweaters would it have to produce in order to break even? (Round your answer up, to the nearest whole number.)
2. To earn an after tax profit of $125,000 per month, how many sweaters would Fashions have to sell if it buys the sweaters from the supplier? If it produces its own sweaters? Fashion's combined income tax rate is 30%. (Round your answer up, to the nearest whole number.)
3. What is the profit-indifference sales volume in terms of the two options under consideration? (Ignore income tax effects.) Show a computation of operating income to prove your answer.