Integrative Exercise Cost Behavior and Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis for Many Glacier Hotel

Using the High-Low Method to Estimate Variable and Fixed Costs

Located on Swiftcurrent Lake in Glacier National Park, Many Glacier Hotel was built in 1915 by the Great Northern Railway. To supplement its lodging revenue, the hotel decided to begin manufacturing and selling small wooden canoes decorated with symbols hand painted by Native Americans living near the park. The canoes were a great success, so a couple of years later the hotel began manufacturing and selling paddles. Many hotel guests purchase a canoe and paddles for use in self-guided tours of Swiftcurrent Lake. Because production of the two products began in different years, the canoes and paddles are produced in separate production facilities and employ different laborers. Each canoe sells for $540, and each paddle sells for $60. About 15 years ago, a fire destroyed the hotel's accounting records. A new system put into place before the next season provides the following aggregated data for the hotel's canoe and paddle manufacturing and marketing activities (Years 1 through 12 give the data for the years in which the new accounting system was active):

Year	Number of Canoes Manufactured	Total Canoe Manufacturing Costs	Year	Number of Paddles Manufactured	Total Paddle Manufacturing Costs
1	250	$103,000	1	900	$38,500
2	240	115,000	2	1,200	49,000
3	275	128,000	3	1,000	44,000
4	310	114,000	4	1,100	45,500
5	350	141,500	5	1,400	52,000
6	380	132,000	6	1,700	66,500
7	415	146,500	7	1,720	66,300
8	430	132,000	8	1,850	71,750
9	450	146,100	9	1,900	72,000
10	470	155,000	10	2,020	78,900
11	480	136,000	11	2,050	78,200
12	500	167,000	12	2,200	84,000

Year	Number of Canoes Sold	Total Canoe Marketing Costs	Year	Number of Paddles Sold	Total Paddle Marketing Costs
1	250	$45,000	1	900	$7,500
2	240	47,000	2	1,200	9,000
3	275	43,000	3	1,000	8,000
4	310	51,000	4	1,100	8,500
5	350	62,000	5	1,400	10,000
6	380	53,000	6	1,700	11,500
7	415	68,500	7	1,720	11,600
8	430	63,000	8	1,850	12,250
9	450	65,000	9	1,900	12,500
10	470	67,000	10	2,020	13,100
11	480	52,000	11	2,050	13,250
12	500	73,000	12	2,200	14,000

FIND:

5. Sensitivity Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis and Production Versus Period Costs, Multiple- Product Setting

If both the variable and fixed production costs (refer to your answer to Requirement 1) associated with the canoe product line increased by 5% (beyond the estimate from the high-low analysis), how many canoes and paddles would need to be sold in order to earn a target income of $96,000? Assume the same sales mix and additional fixed costs as in Requirement 3.

Line Item Description	Answer
Canoe target income units
Paddle target income units

6. Margin of Safety (MOS)

Calculate the hotel's margin of safety (both in units and in sales dollars) for Many Glacier Hotel, assuming the same facts as in Requirement 3, and assuming that it sells 650 canoes and 2,400 paddles next year. The total MOS units equal?

The MOS in sales dollars equals?