Agador Company produces a single product. The projected income statement for the coming year is as follows:
Question:
Agador Company produces a single product. The projected income statement for the coming year is as follows:
Sales (50,000 units @ $45) ......$2,250,000
Less: Variable costs ..........945,000
Contribution margin ........$1,305,000
Less: Fixed costs ............916,650
Operating income ...........$ 388,350
(Round all dollar answers to the nearest dollar. Round fractional answers to two significant digits.)
Required:
1. Compute the break-even sales dollars.
2. Compute the margin of safety in sales dollars.
3. Compute the degree of operating leverage (rounded to two decimal places).
4. Compute the new operating income if sales are 20 percent higher than expected. (Round to the nearest dollar.)
Contribution margin is an important element of cost volume profit analysis that managers carry out to assess the maximum number of units that are required to be at the breakeven point. Contribution margin is the profit before fixed cost and taxes...
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Cornerstones of Managerial Accounting
ISBN: 978-0324660135
3rd Edition
Authors: Mowen, Hansen, Heitger