Cost Volume Profit Analysis can plan many different roles in the overall management decision making process. Consider the following problems related to cost accounting and in a Word document, provide at least a 2-paragraph response to each one.

• Describe cost volume profit analysis and how management can use it in more than just financial analysis.
• Explain the main differences between operating income and net income overall for a business.
• Explain and provide the calculation for how to derive the following: contribution margin, contribution margin per unit, and contribution margin percentage.
• Describe what sensitivity analysis is and how it could be used by management to determine the proper course to take for decisions that need to be made for the firm.
• How might a company with multiple products derive its breakeven point? What are some of the challenges in determining this?