1.) refer to the original data. Compute the company's margin of safety in both dollar and percentage terms ?  2.) what is the company's cm ratio?  If he company can sell more units thereby increasing sales by $84000 per month and there is no change in fixed expense, by how much would you expect monthly net operating income to increase?

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1.) refer to the original data. Compute the company's margin of safety in both dollar and percentage terms ? 
2.) what is the company's cm ratio?  If he company can sell more units thereby increasing sales by $84000 per month and there is no change in fixed expense, by how much would you expect monthly net operating income to increase? 

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Menlo Company distributes a single product. The company's sales and expenses for last month follow:
Per
ఏరె ఆ
Variable expenses
Total
$ 310,000
217,000
Unit
$ 20
14
Contribution margin
93,000
$ 6
Fixed expenses
73,200
$19,800
Net operating income
Required:
Transcribed Image Text:105 i Saved Menlo Company distributes a single product. The company's sales and expenses for last month follow: Per ఏరె ఆ Variable expenses Total $ 310,000 217,000 Unit $ 20 14 Contribution margin 93,000 $ 6 Fixed expenses 73,200 $19,800 Net operating income Required:
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Lets understand the meaning of margin of safety.

Margin of safety is a sales over a break even point.

Formula = Net operating income/Contribution per unit 

Contribution margin ratio is a contribution generated from sales in compare to sales.

Formula = (Contribution/Sales)*100

 

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