Requirements N- 1. 2. Prepare last year's profit report using the contribution margin format. The committee is considering expanding this year's dinner invitation list to include volunteer members (in addition to contributing members). If the committee expands the dinner invitation list, it expects attendance to double. Calculate the effect this will have on the profitability of the dinner assuming fixed costs will be the same as last year.
Requirements N- 1. 2. Prepare last year's profit report using the contribution margin format. The committee is considering expanding this year's dinner invitation list to include volunteer members (in addition to contributing members). If the committee expands the dinner invitation list, it expects attendance to double. Calculate the effect this will have on the profitability of the dinner assuming fixed costs will be the same as last year.
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Transcribed Image Text:The Museum of Natural Science is preparing for its annual appreciation dinner for contributing members. Last year, 500 members attended the dinner. Tickets for the dinner were $20 per attendee.
The profit report for last year's dinner follows.
(Click the icon to view the profit report.)
This year the dinner committee does not want to lose money on the dinner. To help achieve its goal, the committee analyzed last year's costs. Of the $11,000 cost of the dinner, $6,000 were fixed
costs and $5,000 were variable costs. Of the $3,000 cost of invitations and paperwork, $2,500 were fixed and $500 were variable.
Read the requirements.
Requirement 1. Prepare last year's profit report using the contribution margin format. (Use parentheses or a minus sign when entering losses.)
Ticket sales
Variable cost of dinner
Variable invitations and paperwork
Contribution margin
Fixed cost of dinner
Fixed invitations and paperwork
Profit (loss)
5000
500
6000
2500
10000
5500
4500
8500
-4000
(...)
Requirement 2. The committee is considering expanding this year's dinner invitation list to include volunteer members (in addition to contributing members). If the committee expands the dinner
invitation list, it expects attendance to double. Calculate the effect this will have on the profitability of the dinner assuming fixed costs will be the same as last year. (Use parentheses or a minus sign
when entering losses.)
If the museum expands the dinner invitation list, the profit (loss) will be
500

Transcribed Image Text:Requirements
1.
2.
Prepare last year's profit report using the contribution margin format.
The committee is considering expanding this year's dinner invitation list to
include volunteer members (in addition to contributing members). If the
committee expands the dinner invitation list, it expects attendance to
double. Calculate the effect this will have on the profitability of the dinner
assuming fixed costs will be the same as last year.
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