EXERCISE Target Profit Analysis; Margin of Safety; CM Ratio LOS-1. LOS-2. Menlo Company distributes a single product. The company's sales and expenses for last month follow: LOS-4, LOS-5. LO5-6 Sales Variable expenses. Contribution margin Fixed expenses Net operating income.. Total $450,000 180,000 270,000 216,000 $ 54,000 Per Unit $30 12 $18 Required: L. What is the monthly break-even point in unit sales and in dollar sales? 2 Without resorting to computations, what is the total contribution margin at the break-even point? 3 How many units would have to be sold each month to attain a target profit of $90,000? Verify your answer by preparing a contribution format income statement at the target sales level.
EXERCISE Target Profit Analysis; Margin of Safety; CM Ratio LOS-1. LOS-2. Menlo Company distributes a single product. The company's sales and expenses for last month follow: LOS-4, LOS-5. LO5-6 Sales Variable expenses. Contribution margin Fixed expenses Net operating income.. Total $450,000 180,000 270,000 216,000 $ 54,000 Per Unit $30 12 $18 Required: L. What is the monthly break-even point in unit sales and in dollar sales? 2 Without resorting to computations, what is the total contribution margin at the break-even point? 3 How many units would have to be sold each month to attain a target profit of $90,000? Verify your answer by preparing a contribution format income statement at the target sales level.
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Transcribed Image Text:EXERCISE 5-10 Dreak-Even and Target Profit Analysis; Margin of Safety; CM Ratio LOS-1, LOS-2,
Menlo Company distributes a single product. The company's sales and expenses for last month follow:
LOS-4, LOS-5, LOS-6
Sales...
Variable expenses....
Contribution margin
Fixed expenses...
Net operating income.
ng price
Total
Per Unit
$450,000 $30
180,000
12
$18
270,000
216,000
$ 54,000
Required:
L. What is the monthly break-even point in unit sales and in dollar sales?
2 Without resorting to computations, what is the total contribution margin at the break-even
point?
3 How many units would have to be sold each month to attain a target profit of $90,000? Verify
your answer by preparing a contribution format income statement at the target sales level.
Refer to the original data. Compute the company's margin of safety in dollar and percentage
terms.
What is the company's CM ratio? If the company can sell more units, thereby increasing sales
by $50,000 per month, and there is no change in fixed expenses, by how much would you
expect monthly net operating income to increase?
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