Menlo Company distributes a single product. The company's sales and expenses for last month follow: Per Total $ 310,000 217,000 Unit Sales $ 20 Variable expenses 14 Contribution margin 93,000 $ 6 Fixed expenses 73,200 Net operating income $ 19,800 Required: 1. 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-a. How many units would have to be sold each month to attain a target profit of $32,400? 3-b. Verify your answer by preparing a contribution format income statement at the target sales level. 4. Refer to the original data. Compute the company's margin of safety in both dollar and percentage terms. 5. What is the company's CM ratio? If the company can sell more units thereby increasing sales by $84,000 per month and there change in fixed expenses, by how much would you expect monthly net operating income to increase?
Menlo Company distributes a single product. The company's sales and expenses for last month follow: Per Total $ 310,000 217,000 Unit Sales $ 20 Variable expenses 14 Contribution margin 93,000 $ 6 Fixed expenses 73,200 Net operating income $ 19,800 Required: 1. 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-a. How many units would have to be sold each month to attain a target profit of $32,400? 3-b. Verify your answer by preparing a contribution format income statement at the target sales level. 4. Refer to the original data. Compute the company's margin of safety in both dollar and percentage terms. 5. What is the company's CM ratio? If the company can sell more units thereby increasing sales by $84,000 per month and there change in fixed expenses, by how much would you expect monthly net operating income to increase?
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Menlo Company distributes a single product. The company's sales and expenses for last month follow:
Per
Total
Unit
$ 310,000
217,000
Sales
$ 20
Variable expenses
14
Contribution margin
93,000
$ 6
Fixed expenses
73, 200
Net operating income
$ 19,800
Required:
1. 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-a. How many units would have to be sold each month to attain a target profit of $32,400?
3-b. Verify your answer by preparing a contribution format income statement at the target sales level.
4. Refer to the original data. Compute the company's margin of safety in both dollar and percentage terms.
5. What is the company's CM ratio? If the company can sell more units thereby increasing sales by $84.000 per month and there is
change in fixed expenses, by how much would you expect monthly net operating income to increase?
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Menlo Company distributes a single product. The company’s sales and expenses for last month follow:
| Total | Per Unit | |
|---|---|---|
| Sales | $ 310,000 | $ 20 |
| Variable expenses | 217,000 | 14 |
| Contribution margin | 93,000 | $ 6 |
| Fixed expenses | 78,000 | |
| Net operating income | $ 15,000 |
Required:
1. 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-a. How many units would have to be sold each month to attain a target profit of $31,800?
3-b. Verify your answer by preparing a contribution format income statement at the target sales level.
4. Refer to the original data. Compute the company's margin of safety in both dollar and percentage terms.
5. What is the company’s CM ratio? If the company can sell more units thereby increasing sales by $56,000 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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