Health-Temp Company is a placement agency for temporary nurses. It serves hospitals and clinics throughout the metropolitan area. Health-Temp Company believes it will place temporary nurses for a total of 22,500 hours next year. Health-Temp charges the hospitals and clinics $120 per hour and has variable costs of $97.20 per hour (this includes the payment to the nurse). Total fixed costs equal $494,076. Required: 1. Calculate the contribution margin per unit and the contribution margin ratio (express the ratio as a decimal rather than a percentage). If required, round your answers to two decimal places. Contribution margin per unit $____ Contribution margin ratio ______ 2. Calculate the sales revenue needed to break even. $_____ 3. Calculate the sales revenue needed to achieve a target profit of $141,360. $______ 4. What if Health-Temp had target operating income (profit) of $173,280? Would sales revenue be larger or smaller than the one calculated in Requirement 3?  By how much? $______

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Health-Temp Company is a placement agency for temporary nurses. It serves hospitals and clinics throughout the metropolitan area. Health-Temp Company believes it will place temporary nurses for a total of 22,500 hours next year. Health-Temp charges the hospitals and clinics $120 per hour and has variable costs of $97.20 per hour (this includes the payment to the nurse). Total fixed costs equal $494,076.

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1. Calculate the contribution margin per unit and the contribution margin ratio (express the ratio as a decimal rather than a percentage). If required, round your answers to two decimal places.

Contribution margin per unit $____
Contribution margin ratio ______

2. Calculate the sales revenue needed to break even.
$_____

3. Calculate the sales revenue needed to achieve a target profit of $141,360.
$______

4. What if Health-Temp had target operating income (profit) of $173,280? Would sales revenue be larger or smaller than the one calculated in Requirement 3? 

By how much?
$______

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