The vice-president of sales and marketing, Madison Tremblay, is trying to plan for the coming year in terms of production needs to meet the forecast sales. The board of directors is very supportive of any initiatives that will lead to increased operating income for the company in the upcoming year. Waterways markets a simple water controller and timer that it mass-produces. During 2022, the company sold 325,000 units at an average selling price of $8.00 per unit. The variable costs were $1,202,500, and the fixed costs were $614,900. What is the product's contribution margin ratio? (Round answer to 2 decimal places, eg. 22.25%.) Contribution margin ratio 53.75 % What is the company's break-even point in units and in dollars for this product? (Round intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.25 or 15.25% and final answers to decimal places, e.g. 5,275.) 143000 units Break-even point in sales units 1144000 Break-even point in sales dollars What is the margin of safety, both in dollars and as a ratio? (Round ratio to 2 decimal places, e.g. 25.25%) Margin of safety in dollars $ 1456000 Margin of safety ratio 56 % If management wanted to increase income from this product by 10%, how many additional units would the company have to reach this income level? (Round answer to 0 decimal places, e.g. 5,275.) sell Waterways would have to sell an additional 343200 units If sales increase by 55,000 units and the cost behaviours do not change, how much will income increase on this product? Income will increase by $ Waterways is considering mass producing one of its special-order screens. This would increase variable costs for all screens by an average of $0.64 per unit. The company also estimates that this change could increase the overall number of screens sold by 10% and the average sales price would increase by $0.23 per unit. Waterways currently sells 443,000 screen units at an average selling price of $26.00. The manufacturing costs are $6,177,000 variable and $1,845,130 fixed. Selling and administrative costs are $2,417.200 variable and $715,460 fixed. If Waterways begins mass-producing its special-order screens, how would this affect the company? (Round contribution margin ratio to 1 decimal place, e.g. 15.2% and operating income to O decimal places, e.g. 5,275.) Current New % % Increase by Contribution margin ratio Increase by Operating income If the average sales price per screen did not increase when the company began mass-producing the screen, what would be the effect on the company? (Round change in contribution margin ratio to 1 decimal place, eg. 15,2% and change in profit to 0 decimal places, e.g. 5,275.) Contribution margin ratio will decrease by %. Profit will by $
