Chapter 20: Q-23RQ (page 1120)
What is the margin of safety? What are the three ways it can be expressed?
Answer
Margin of safety is a cushion between profit and loss.
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A furniture manufacturer specializes in wood tables. The tables sell for \(100 per unit and incur \)40 per unit in variable costs. The company has \(6,000 in fixed costs per month. The company desires to earn an operating profit of \)12,000 per month.
10. Calculate the required sales in units to earn the target profit using the equation method.
11. Calculate the required sales in units to earn the target profit using the contribution margin method.
12. Calculate the required sales in dollars to earn the target profit using the contribution margin ratio method.
13. Calculate the required sales in units to break even using the contribution margin method.
Crandall Company sells flags with team logos. Crandall has fixed costs of \(583,200 per year plus variable costs of \)4.80 per flag. Each flag sells for \(12.00.
Requirements
1. Use the equation approach to compute the number of flags Crandall must sell each year to break even.
2. Use the contribution margin ratio approach to compute the dollar sales Crandall needs to earn \)33,000 in operating income for 2018. (Round the contribution margin ratio to two decimal places.)
3. Prepare Crandall’s contribution margin income statement for the year ended December 31, 2018, for sales of 70,000 flags. (Round your final answers up to the next whole number.)
4. The company is considering an expansion that will increase fixed costs by 21% and variable costs by $0.60 per flag. Compute the new breakeven point in units and in dollars. Should Crandall undertake the expansion? Give your reasoning. (Round your final answers up to the next whole number.)
Preparing a contribution margin income statement
Gabelman Company sells a product for \(95 per unit. Variable costs are \)40 per unit, and fixed costs are $2,200 per month. The company expects to sell 570 units in September. Prepare an income statement for September using the contribution margin format
What is the breakeven point?
England Productions performs London shows. The average show sells 1,300 tickets at\(60 per ticket. There are 175 shows per year. No additional shows can be held as thetheater is also used by other production companies. The average show has a cast of65, each earning a net average of \)340 per show. The cast is paid after each show. Theother variable cost is a program-printing cost of \(8 per guest. Annual fixed costs total\)728,000.
Requirements
1. Compute revenue and variable costs for each show.
2. Use the equation approach to compute the number of shows England Productionsmust perform each year to break even.
3. Use the contribution margin ratio approach to compute the number of showsneeded each year to earn a profit of $5,687,500. Is this profit goal realistic? Giveyour reasoning.
4. Prepare England Productions’s contribution margin income statement for175 shows performed in 2018. Report only two categories of costs: variableand fixed.
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