Alpine Sports manufactures outdoor equipment. One of their products, a hiking backpack, sells for $85. The backpacks are produced in a facility that uses a significant amount of manual labor, resulting in high variable costs of $59.50 per backpack, of which 65% is direct labor cost. Last year, the company sold 28,000 backpacks with the following operating results: Financial data for Alpine Sports: Sales (28,000 backpacks): $2,380,000 ⚫ Variable expenses: $1,666,000 ⚫ Contribution margin: $714,000 ⚫ Fixed expenses: $476,000 • Net operating income: $238,000 Management is concerned about maintaining profitability in the coming year. Compute the degree of operating leverage at last year's level of sales.

Alpine Sports manufactures outdoor equipment. One of their products, a hiking backpack, sells for $85. The backpacks are produced in a facility that uses a significant amount of manual labor, resulting in high variable costs of $59.50 per backpack, of which 65% is direct labor cost. Last year, the company sold 28,000 backpacks with the following operating results: Financial data for Alpine Sports: Sales (28,000 backpacks): $2,380,000 ⚫ Variable expenses: $1,666,000 ⚫ Contribution margin: $714,000 ⚫ Fixed expenses: $476,000 • Net operating income: $238,000 Management is concerned about maintaining profitability in the coming year. Compute the degree of operating leverage at last year's level of sales.

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