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Sprint Nextel is one of the largest digital wireless service providers in the United States. In a recent year, it had approximately 36.7 million direct subscribers (accounts) that generated revenue of $35,635 million. Costs and expenses for the year were as follows (in millions):
| Cost of revenue | $16,746 |
| Selling, general, and administrative expenses | 11,355 |
| Depreciation | 5,953 |
Assume that 80% of the cost of revenue and 30% of the selling, general, and administrative expenses are variable to the number of direct subscribers (accounts).
a. What is Sprint Nextel's break-even number of accounts, using the data and assumptions above? Round units (accounts) to one decimal place.
Computation of Break-even Number of Accounts:
Break-even Number of Accounts = Total Fixed Cost/Contribution Margin per Account
= 17250.7/513.1
Break-even Number of Accounts = 33.6 million accounts
Workings:
Cost of Revenue:
Variable = 80% * 16746 = $13,396.8
Fixed = 20% * 16746 = $3,349.2
Selling, general, and administrative expenses:
Variable = 30% * 11355 = $3406.5
Fixed = 70% * 11355 = $7948.5
Depreciation (All Fixed) = $5953
Total Variable costs = 13396.8 + 3406.5 = $16803.3
Total Fixed Costs = 3349.2 + 7948.5 + 5953 = $17250.7
Revenue per Account = $35,635/36.7 = $971.0
Variable cost per accounts = 16803.3/36.7 = $457.9
Contribution per Accounts = Revenue per Account - Variable cost per Account = 971 - 457.9 = $513.1
