The contribution margin income statement of Sugar Lips Donuts for August 2018 follows: SUGAR LIPS DONUTS contribution
Question:
SUGAR LIPS DONUTS
contribution margin Income Statement
Month Ended August 31, 2018
Sugar Lips sells three dozen plain donuts for every dozen custard-filled donuts. A dozen plain donuts sells for $4.00, with total variable cost of $1.80 per dozen. A dozen custard-filled donuts sells for $8.00, with total variable cost of $3.60 per dozen.
Requirements
1. Calculate the weighted-average contribution margin.
2. Determine Sugar Lips's monthly breakeven point in dozens of plain donuts and custard-filled donuts. Prove your answer by preparing a summary contribution margin income statement at the breakeven level of sales. Show only two categories of costs: variable and fixed.
3. Compute Sugar Lips's margin of safety in dollars for August 2018.
4. Compute the degree of operating leverage for Sugar Lips Donuts. Estimate the new operating income if total sales increase by 30%. (Round the degree of operating leverage to four decimal places and the final answer to the nearest dollar. Assume the sales mix remains unchanged.)
5. Prove your answer to Requirement 4 by preparing a contribution margin income statement with a 30% increase in total sales. (The sales mix remains unchanged.)
Contribution margin is an important element of cost volume profit analysis that managers carry out to assess the maximum number of units that are required to be at the breakeven point. Contribution margin is the profit before fixed cost and taxes...
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Horngrens Accounting
ISBN: 978-0134674681
12th edition
Authors: Tracie L. Miller nobles, Brenda L. Mattison, Ella Mae Matsumura