Price per cake $ 13.11 Variable Cost per cake   Ingredients $2.30 Direct Labor $1.17 Overhead (box etc) $0.16 Fixed Cost per month $3,602.40 Required: 1. Calculate Cove's new break-even point under each of the following independent scenarios: a. Sales price increases by $1.50 per cake. b. Fixed costs increase by $475 per month. c. Variable costs decreases by  $0.37 per cake. d. Sales price decreases by $0.50 per cake. 2. Assume that Cove sold 450 cakes last month. Calculate the company's degree of operating leverage.

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Price per cake $ 13.11
Variable Cost per cake  
Ingredients $2.30
Direct Labor $1.17
Overhead (box etc) $0.16
Fixed Cost per month $3,602.40

Required:

1. Calculate Cove's new break-even point under each of the following independent scenarios:

a. Sales price increases by $1.50 per cake.

b. Fixed costs increase by $475 per month.

c. Variable costs decreases by  $0.37 per cake.

d. Sales price decreases by $0.50 per cake.

2. Assume that Cove sold 450 cakes last month. Calculate the company's degree of operating leverage.

 

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