Chapter 20: Q20-10RQ (page 1119)
What are the three ways contribution margin can be ex
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Answer
- Contribution per unit
- Contribution margin ratio
- Contribution margin income statement
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Use the following information to complete Short Exercises S20-16 and S20-17.
Wild Waters Swim Park sells individual and family tickets. With a ticket, each person receives a meal, three beverages, and unlimited use of the swimming pools. Wild Waters has the following ticket prices and variable costs for 2018:
Individual Family Sales price per ticket \( 50 \) 150 Variable cost per ticket 35 140
Wild Waters expects to sell one individual ticket for every four family tickets. Wild Waters’s total fixed costs are $27,500.
S20-17 Calculating breakeven point for two products
For 2019, Wild Waters expects a sales mix of four individual tickets for every one family ticket.
Requirements
1. Compute the new weighted-average contribution margin per ticket.
2. Calculate the total number of tickets Wild Waters must sell to break even.
3. Calculate the number of individual tickets and the number of family tickets the company must sell to break even.
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Question: Computing contribution margin in total, per unit, and as a ratio
Complete the table below for contribution margin per unit, total contribution margin, and contribution margin ratio:
A B C Number of units 1,720 units 14,920 units 4,620 units
Sales price per unit \( 1,800 \) 4,500 $ 5,550
Variable costs per unit 720 3,600 1,665
Calculate:                  
Contribution margin per unit                      
Total contribution margin                        
Contribution margin ratio
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