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Chapter 20: Q20-23RQ (page 1120)
What is the margin of safety? What are the three ways it can be expressed?
Answer
The margin of safety is a cushion between profit and loss.
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What effect does an increase in sales price have on contribution margin? An increase in fixed costs? An increase in variable costs?
What is cost stickiness? Why do managers need to be aware of cost stickiness?
Following is the income statement for Marrow Mufflers for the month of June 2018:
MARROW MUFFLERS
Contribution Margin Income Statement
Month Ended June 30, 2018
Net Sales Revenue (140 units _ \(250) \) 35,000
Variable Costs (140 units _ \(50) 7,000
Contribution Margin 28,000
Fixed Costs 11,500
Operating Income \) 16,500
Requirements
1. Calculate the degree of operating leverage. (Round to four decimal places.)
2. Use the degree of operating leverage calculated in Requirement 1 to estimate the change in operating income if total sales increase by 40% (assuming no change in sales price per unit). (Round interim calculations to four decimal places and final answer to the nearest dollar.)
3. Verify your answer in Requirement 2 by preparing a contribution margin income statement with the total sales increase of 40%.
Preparing a contribution margin income statement
Gabelman Company sells a product for \(95 per unit. Variable costs are \)40 per unit, and fixed costs are $2,200 per month. The company expects to sell 570 units in September. Prepare an income statement for September using the contribution margin format
What is cost-volume-profit analysis?
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