Exercise 5

Magnolia Company is considering the production and sale of a new product with the following sales and cost data: unit sales price, $350; unit variable costs, $180; total fixed costs, $399,500; and projected sales, $910,000. Round your answers to the nearest whole unit or dollar.

(a) Calculate break-even in units.

(b) Calculate break-even in dollars (use four decimal places when calculating the contribution margin ratio).

(c) Calculate number of units that would need to be sold to generate an after-tax profit of $420,000 assuming a 30% tax rate.

(d) Calculate dollar sales that would be needed to generate the same profit as above.

(e) Calculate the margin of safety stated as a percentage using the $910,000 projected sales level.

Be sure to label each calculation and show all calculations.