Concept explainers
Concept introduction:
Contribution margin:
Contribution margin can be defined as selling price per unit less variable cost per unit. Here, fixed cost is treated as a period cost and not charged to the product on per unit basis, instead it is recovered as contribution respectively.
Requirement 1:
To determine the number of units to be sold to recover $800,000 advertisement costs incurred.
Concept introduction:
Contribution margin:
Contribution margin can be defined as selling price per unit less variable cost per unit. Here, fixed cost is treated as a period cost and not charged to the product on per unit basis, instead it is recovered as contribution respectively.
Requirement 2:
To determine the number of units to be sold to recover $800,000 advertisement costs incurred, if contribution margin is 25% or higher.
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