Nails by Mari, distributes a single product. The companys sales and expenses for last month follow:

1. What is the monthly break-even point in unit sales and in dollar sales?
2. Without resorting to computations, what is the total contribution margin at the break-even point?
3. How many units would have to be sold each month to earn a target profit of $90,000? Use the formula method. Verify your answer by preparing a contribution format income statement at the target sales level.
4. Refer to the original data. Compute the companys margin of safety in both dollar and percentage terms.
5. What is the companys CM ratio? If sales, increase by $50,000 per month and there is no change in fixed expenses, by how much would you expect monthly net operating income to increase.

Sales Variable Expenses Contribution Margin Fixed expense Net Operating income Total $450,000 180,000 270,000 216,000 $54,000 Per Unit $30 12 $18