Answer:
the question is incomplete, so I looked for the requirements of similar questions:
A. Calculate the company’s break-even point in sales dollars for the year 2014 if it hires its own sales force to replace the network of agents.
B. Calculate the degree of operating leverage at sales of $75,000,000 if (1) Bonita Beauty uses sales agents, and (2) Bonita Beauty employs its own sales staff.
a) total sales = $75,000,000
variable costs:
COGS $31,500,000
commissions $6,000,000
total variable costs = $37,500,000
contribution margin ratio = $37,500,000 / $75,000,000 = 0.5
total fixed costs = $8,610,000 + $10,260,000 + $7,500,000 = $26,370,000
break even point in $ = $26,370,000 / 0.5 = $52,740,000
b) one of the formulas that we can use to calculate the degree of operating leverage is:
operating leverage = fixed costs / total costs
1) total costs using sales agents = $63,870,000
total fixed costs = $8,610,000 + $10,260,000 = $18,870,000
degree of operating leverage = $18,870,000 / $63,870,000 = 29.54%
2) total costs employing its own sales staff = $6,000,000 + $31,500,000 + $26,370,000 = $63,870,000
total fixed costs = $26,370,000
degree of operating leverage = $26,370,000 / $63,870,000 = 41.29%
