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Warm Hands, a small company based in Prince Edward Island, manufactures and sells two types of lightweight gloves for runnersWarm and Cozy. Current revenue, cost,

Warm Hands, a small company based in Prince Edward Island, manufactures and sells two types of lightweight gloves for runnersWarm and Cozy. Current revenue, cost, and unit sales data for the two products appear below:

Warm Cozy
Selling price per pair $ 10.00 $ 15.00
Variable expenses per pair $ 2.50 $ 7.50
Number of pairs sold monthly 1,800 units 600 units

Fixed expenses are $1,800 per month.

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1. Assuming the sales mix above, do the following:

a. Prepare a contribution format income statement showing both dollars and percentage columns for each product and for the company as a whole. (Round percentage answers to 2 decimal places.)

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b. Compute the break-even point in dollars for the company as a whole and the margin of safety in both dollars and percentage of sales. (Do not round your intermediate calculations. Round percentage answer to 2 decimal places.)

Break-even sales dollars=

Margin of safety in dollars=

Margin of safety in Percentage=

c. Compute the break-even point in units for the company as a whole and the margin of safety in both units (pairs of gloves) and percentage of sales. (Round percentage answer to 2 decimal places.)

Break-even Units=

Margin of safety in Units=

Margin of safety in Percentage=

d. Compute how many pairs of gloves must be sold overall if the company wants to make an after-tax target profit of $15,750 and the tax rate is 30%. Assume that the sales mix remains the same as shown above.

Sales in Units=

2. The company has developed another type of gloves that provide better protection in extreme cold, Toasty, which the company plans to sell for $23.00 per pair. At this price, the company expects to sell 600 pairs per month of the product. The variable expense would be $18.40 per pair. The companys fixed expenses would not change.

a. Prepare another contribution format income statement, including sales of Toasty (sales of the other two products would not change). (Round percentage answers to 2 decimal places.)

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b. Compute the companys new break-even point in dollars for the company as a whole and the new margin of safety in both dollars and percentage of sales. (Round your break-even sales to the nearest whole dollar amount and percentage answer to 2 decimal places.)

Break-even sales dollars=

Margin of safety in dollars=

Margin of safety in Percentage=

WARM HANDS Contribution Income Statement Warm Cozy Total % 0 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 WARM HANDS Contribution Income Statement Warm Cozy Toasty Total % $ 0 $ 0 0.00 $ 0 S 0 0.00 $ 0

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