VRS Ltd has been offered a choice to buy one out of two machines—P and Q. You are required to compute:

  1. BEP for each of the two machines.
  2. The level of sales at which both machines would earn equal profit.
  3. The range of sales at which one is more profitable than the other.

The relevant data are as follows:

Machines

P

Q

Annual output in units

20,000

20,000

Fixed costs

Rs. 60,000

Rs. 40,000

Profit at above level of production

Rs. 60,000

Rs. 50,000

The market price of the product is expected to be Rs. 10/unit.