Comer Company produces and sells strings of colorful indoor/outdoor lights for holiday display to retailers for $16.13 per string. The variable costs per string are as follows: Direct materials $1.87 Direct labor 1.70 Variable factory overhead 0.57 Variable selling expense 0.42 Fixed manufacturing cost totals $805,272 per year. Administrative cost (all fixed) totals $614,367. Comer expects to sell 253,600 strings of light next year. Required: 1. Calculate the break-even point in units. fill in the blank 1 units 2. Calculate the margin of safety in units. fill in the blank 2 units 3. Calculate the margin of safety in dollars. $fill in the blank 3 4. Conceptual Connection: Suppose Comer actually experiences a price decrease next year while all other costs and the number of units sold remain the same. Would this increase or decrease risk for the company? (Hint: Consider what would happen to the number of break-even units and to the margin of safety.) IncreaseDecrease
Comer Company produces and sells strings of colorful indoor/outdoor lights for holiday display to retailers for $16.13 per string. The variable costs per string are as follows:
Direct materials | $1.87 |
Direct labor | 1.70 |
Variable factory overhead | 0.57 |
Variable selling expense | 0.42 |
Fixed
Required:
1. Calculate the break-even point in units.
fill in the blank 1 units
2. Calculate the margin of safety in units.
fill in the blank 2 units
3. Calculate the margin of safety in dollars.
$fill in the blank 3
4. Conceptual Connection: Suppose Comer actually experiences a price decrease next year while all other costs and the number of units sold remain the same. Would this increase or decrease risk for the company? (Hint: Consider what would happen to the number of break-even units and to the margin of safety.)
IncreaseDecrease
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