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Chapter 20: 15SE (page 1087)

Use the following information to complete Short Exercises S20-10 through S20-15.

Funday Park competes with Cool World by providing a variety of rides. Funday Park sells tickets at \(70 per person as a one-day entrance fee. Variable costs are \)42 per person, and fixed costs are $170,800 per month.

S20-15 Computing degree of operating leverage

Refer to the original information (ignoring the changes considered in Short Exercises S20-12 and S20-13). If Funday Park expects to sell 8,100 tickets, compute the degree of operating leverage (round to two decimal places). Estimate the operating income if sales increase by 15%.

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The degree of operating leverage is 4.05.

Step by step solution

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Calculation of Contribution margin

Contributionmargin=Salesprice鈥�Variablecost=$70-$42=$28

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Calculation of degree of Operating leverage

Degreeofoperatingleverage=ContributionmarginOperatingincome=$28脳8,100$28脳8,100-$170,800=$226,800$56,000=4.05

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