Chapter 10, Problem 11P

Emerald Island Company is considering building a manufacturing plant in County Kerry. Predicting sales of 100,000 units, Emerald Isle estimates the following expenses:

An Irish firm that specializes in marketing will be engaged to sell the manufactured product and will receive a commission of 10% of the sales price. None of the U.S. home office expense will be allocated to the Irish facility.

Required:

1. 1. If the unit sales price is $2, how many units must be sold to break even? (Hint: First compute the variable cost per unit.)
2. 2. Calculate the margin of safety ratio.
3. 3. Calculate the contribution margin ratio.