lling price per unit riable expense per unit xed expense per month it sales per month. largin of safety (in dollars) argin of safety percentage $28 $14 $ 12,040 1,010 uired: hat is the company's margin of safety? (Do not round intermediate calculations.) What is the company's margin of safety as a percentage of its sales? (Round your percentage answer to es (i.e. .1234 should be entered as 12.34).) %
lling price per unit riable expense per unit xed expense per month it sales per month. largin of safety (in dollars) argin of safety percentage $28 $14 $ 12,040 1,010 uired: hat is the company's margin of safety? (Do not round intermediate calculations.) What is the company's margin of safety as a percentage of its sales? (Round your percentage answer to es (i.e. .1234 should be entered as 12.34).) %
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Transcribed Image Text:Molander Corporation is a distributor of a sun umbrella used at resort hotels. Data concerning the next month's budget
appear below:
Selling price per unit
Variable expense per unit
Fixed expense per month
Unit sales per month
1. Margin of safety (in dollars)
2. Margin of safety percentage
$28
$14
$ 12,040
1,010
Required:
1. What is the company's margin of safety? (Do not round intermediate calculations.)
2. What is the company's margin of safety as a percentage of its sales? (Round your percentage answer to 2 decimal
places (i.e. .1234 should be entered as 12.34).)
%
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Step 1: Introduction :-
Formulas as follows under:-
1. Margin of Safety (in dollars) = Actual Sales - Break-Even Sales
2. Margin of Safety (as a percentage) = (Margin of Safety / Actual Sales) * 100
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