Contribution Margin, Break Even Sales, Cost-Volume-Profit Chart, Margin of Safety, and Operating Leverage Belmain Co. expects to maintain the same inventories at the end of 2017 as at the beginning of the year. The total of all production costs for the year is therefore assumed to be equal to the cost of goods sold. With this in mind, the various cepartment heads were asked to submit estimates of the costs for their departments during the year. A summary report of these estimates is as follows: Estimated Estimated Variable Cost Fixed cost (per unit sold) Production costs: Direct materials $17 Direct labor 12 Factory overhead $113,400 9 Selling expenses Sales salaries and commissions 23,600 Advertising 8,000 Travel 1,800 Miscellaneous selling expense 1,900 Administrative expenses Office and officers' salaries 23,000 Supplies Miscellaneous administrative expense 2,800 2,620 $177,120 2 Total $48 It is expected that 6,560 units will be sold at a price of $120 a unit Maximum sales within the relevant range are 8,000 units, Administrative expenses: Total administrative expenses Total expenses Operating income 2. What is the expected contribution margin ratio? Round to the nearest whole percent. % 3. Determine the break-even sales in units and dollars. Units units Dollars 4. Construct a cost-volume-profit chart on your own paper. What is the break-even sales? $ $ 5. What is the expected margin of safety in dollars and as a percentage of sales? Dollars: Percentage: (Round to the nearest whole percent.) % 6. Determine the operating leverage. Round to one decimal place