Chapter 1: Applying Excel: Exercise (Part 2 of 2) 1. Now change all of the dollar amounts in the data area of your worksheet so that it looks like this: A B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Chapter 1: Applying Excel Data Sales $18,500 Variable costs: Cost of goods sold $12,000 Variable selling $1,200 Variable administrative $1,000 Fixed costs: Fixed selling $2,500 Fixed administrative $1,500 If your formulas are correct, you should get the correct answers to the following questions. (a) What is the gross margin now? (b) What is the net operating income now? (c) What is the contribution margin now? 2. Suppose that sales are 12% higher as shown below: A B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Chapter 1: Applying Excel Data Sales $20,720 Variable costs: Cost of goods sold $13,440 Variable selling $1,344 Variable administrative $1,120 Fixed costs: Fixed selling $2,500 Fixed administrative $1,500 Enter this new data into your worksheet. Make sure you enter all of the new data - not just the sales. (a) What is the gross margin now? (b) What is the net operating income now? (c) What is the contribution margin now? (d) When sales increase by 12%, which of the following should also increase by 12% in a merchandising company? (You may select more than one answer. Single click the box with the question mark to produce a check mark for a correct answer and double click the box with the question mark to empty the box for a wrong answer. Any boxes left with a question mark will be automatically graded as incorrect.) Variable cost Fixed cost Gross margin Contribution margin Net operating income (e) When sales increase by 12%, which of the following should increase by more than 12% in a merchandising company? (You may select more than one answer. Single click the box with the question mark to produce a check mark for a correct answer and double click the box with the question mark to empty the box for a wrong answer. Any boxes left with a question mark will be automatically graded as incorrect.) Variable cost Fixed cost Gross margin Contribution margin Net operating income
Chapter 1: Applying Excel: Exercise (Part 2 of 2)
1. Now change all of the dollar amounts in the data area of your worksheet so that it looks like this:
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If your formulas are correct, you should get the correct answers to the following questions.
(a) What is the gross margin now?
(b) What is the net operating income now?
(c) What is the contribution margin now?
2. Suppose that sales are 12% higher as shown below:
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Enter this new data into your worksheet. Make sure you enter all of the new data - not just the sales.
(a) What is the gross margin now?
(b) What is the net operating income now?
(c) What is the contribution margin now?
(d) When sales increase by 12%, which of the following should also increase by 12% in a merchandising company? (You may select more than one answer. Single click the box with the question mark to produce a check mark for a correct answer and double click the box with the question mark to empty the box for a wrong answer. Any boxes left with a question mark will be automatically graded as incorrect.)
- Variable cost
- Fixed cost
- Gross margin
- Contribution margin
- Net operating income
(e) When sales increase by 12%, which of the following should increase by more than 12% in a merchandising company? (You may select more than one answer. Single click the box with the question mark to produce a check mark for a correct answer and double click the box with the question mark to empty the box for a wrong answer. Any boxes left with a question mark will be automatically graded as incorrect.)
- Variable cost
- Fixed cost
- Gross margin
- Contribution margin
- Net operating income
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