Contribution Margin, CVP, Net Income, Margin of Safety Nail Glow, Inc., produces novelty nail polishes. Each bottle sells for $5.90. Variable unit costs are as follows: Acrylic base   $0.86   Bottle, packing material   $1.15 Pigments   0.57   Selling commission   0.14 Other ingredients   0.43         Fixed overhead costs are $34,475 per year. Fixed selling and administrative costs are $6,720 per year. Nail Glow sold 35,000 bottles last year. Required: 1. What is the contribution margin per unit for a bottle of nail polish? Round your answer to the nearest cent. $fill in the blank 1 per unit What is the contribution margin ratio? Round your answer to four decimal places. Use the rounded value in the subsequent computations. (Express as a decimal-based amount rather than a whole percent.) fill in the blank 2 2. How many bottles must be sold to break even? fill in the blank 3 bottles What is the break-even sales revenue? Round your answer to the nearest dollar, if rounding is required. Use the rounded value in the subsequent computations. $fill in the blank 4 3. What was Nail Glow's operating income last year? $fill in the blank 5 4. What was the margin of safety in revenue? $fill in the blank 6 5. Suppose that Nail Glow, Inc., raises the price to $6.50 per bottle, but anticipated sales will drop to 28,750 bottles. What will the new break-even point in units be? Round your answer to the nearest whole number of units. fill in the blank 7 bottles Should Nail Glow raise the price?

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Contribution Margin, CVP, Net Income, Margin of Safety

Nail Glow, Inc., produces novelty nail polishes. Each bottle sells for $5.90. Variable unit costs are as follows:

Acrylic base   $0.86   Bottle, packing material   $1.15
Pigments   0.57   Selling commission   0.14
Other ingredients   0.43        

Fixed overhead costs are $34,475 per year. Fixed selling and administrative costs are $6,720 per year. Nail Glow sold 35,000 bottles last year.

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1. What is the contribution margin per unit for a bottle of nail polish? Round your answer to the nearest cent.
$fill in the blank 1 per unit

What is the contribution margin ratio? Round your answer to four decimal places. Use the rounded value in the subsequent computations. (Express as a decimal-based amount rather than a whole percent.)
fill in the blank 2

2. How many bottles must be sold to break even?
fill in the blank 3 bottles

What is the break-even sales revenue? Round your answer to the nearest dollar, if rounding is required. Use the rounded value in the subsequent computations.
$fill in the blank 4

3. What was Nail Glow's operating income last year?
$fill in the blank 5

4. What was the margin of safety in revenue?
$fill in the blank 6

5. Suppose that Nail Glow, Inc., raises the price to $6.50 per bottle, but anticipated sales will drop to 28,750 bottles. What will the new break-even point in units be? Round your answer to the nearest whole number of units.
fill in the blank 7 bottles

Should Nail Glow raise the price?

 
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