Margin of Safety Ciganda Company produces and sells strings of colorful indoor/outdoor lights for holiday display to retailers for $8.10 per string. The variable costs per string are as follows: Direct materials Direct labor Variable factory overhead Variable selling expense $2.90 1.70 0.48 0.42 Fixed manufacturing cost totals $245,650 per year. Administrative cost (all fixed) totals $237,950. The company expects to sell 225,000 strings of lights next year. Required: 1. Calculate the break-even point in units. units 2. Calculate the margin of safety in units. units 3. Calculate the margin of safety in dollars. 4. Conceptual Connection: Suppose Ciganda actually experiences a price decrease next year, while all other costs and the number of units sold remain the same. Would this inc or decrease risk for the company? (Hint: Consider what would happen to the number of break-even units and to the margin of safety.)
Margin of Safety Ciganda Company produces and sells strings of colorful indoor/outdoor lights for holiday display to retailers for $8.10 per string. The variable costs per string are as follows: Direct materials Direct labor Variable factory overhead Variable selling expense $2.90 1.70 0.48 0.42 Fixed manufacturing cost totals $245,650 per year. Administrative cost (all fixed) totals $237,950. The company expects to sell 225,000 strings of lights next year. Required: 1. Calculate the break-even point in units. units 2. Calculate the margin of safety in units. units 3. Calculate the margin of safety in dollars. 4. Conceptual Connection: Suppose Ciganda actually experiences a price decrease next year, while all other costs and the number of units sold remain the same. Would this inc or decrease risk for the company? (Hint: Consider what would happen to the number of break-even units and to the margin of safety.)
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Ciganda Company produces and sells strings of colorful indoor/outdoor lights for holiday display to retailers for $8.10 per string. The variable costs per string are as follows:
Direct materials
Direct labor
Variable factory overhead
Variable selling expense
$2.90
1.70
0.48
0.42
Fixed manufacturing cost totals $245,650 per year. Administrative cost (all fixed) totals $237,950. The company expects to sell 225,000 strings of lights next year.
Required:
1. Calculate the break-even point in units.
units
2. Calculate the margin of safety in units.
units
3. Calculate the margin of safety in dollars.
4. Conceptual Connection: Suppose Ciganda actually experiences a price decrease next year, while all other costs and the number of units sold remain the same. Would this incre
or decrease risk for the company? (Hint: Consider what would happen to the number of break-even units and to the margin of safety.)](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F5339b583-62c8-45bc-8871-d0d839197b08%2Fc2001d89-6ad8-495e-8482-c8491cbe54ac%2Fwby9pce_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
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Ciganda Company produces and sells strings of colorful indoor/outdoor lights for holiday display to retailers for $8.10 per string. The variable costs per string are as follows:
Direct materials
Direct labor
Variable factory overhead
Variable selling expense
$2.90
1.70
0.48
0.42
Fixed manufacturing cost totals $245,650 per year. Administrative cost (all fixed) totals $237,950. The company expects to sell 225,000 strings of lights next year.
Required:
1. Calculate the break-even point in units.
units
2. Calculate the margin of safety in units.
units
3. Calculate the margin of safety in dollars.
4. Conceptual Connection: Suppose Ciganda actually experiences a price decrease next year, while all other costs and the number of units sold remain the same. Would this incre
or decrease risk for the company? (Hint: Consider what would happen to the number of break-even units and to the margin of safety.)
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