Pacific Inc. has provided the following data for the latest quarter of the most recent year:   Sales $300,000 Fixed manufacturing overhead 55,000 Direct labour 72,500 Fixed selling expense 46,250 Variable manufacturing overhead 41,000 Variable administrative expense 48,000 Direct materials 51,500 Fixed administrative expense 44,500 Variable selling expense 49,750 Assume that direct labour is a variable cost and that there was no beginning or ending inventories. The total contribution margin of Pacific for the latest quarter was?   Multiple Choice   $87,000.   $176,000.   $37,250.   $211,000.

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Pacific Inc. has provided the following data for the latest quarter of the most recent year:
 

Sales $300,000
Fixed manufacturing overhead 55,000
Direct labour 72,500
Fixed selling expense 46,250
Variable manufacturing overhead 41,000
Variable administrative expense 48,000
Direct materials 51,500
Fixed administrative expense 44,500
Variable selling expense 49,750


Assume that direct labour is a variable cost and that there was no beginning or ending inventories.

The total contribution margin of Pacific for the latest quarter was?

 

Multiple Choice
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    $87,000.
  •  
    $176,000.
  •  
    $37,250.
  •  
    $211,000.
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