Managerial Accounting (5th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134067254
Author: Braun
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 7, Problem 7.69BP
Comprehensive CVP problem (Learning Objectives 1, 2, & 5)
Whoosh Calendars imprints calendars with college names. The company has fixed expenses of $1,095,000 each month plus variable expenses of $6.50 per carton of calendars. Of the variable expenses, 68% is cost of goods sold, while the remaining 32% relates to variable operating expenses. The company sells each carton of calendars for $16.50.
Requirements
- 1. Compute the number of cartons of calendars that Whoosh Calendars must sell each month to break even.
- 2. Compute the dollar amount of monthly sales that the company needs in order to earn $308,000 in operating income (round the contribution margin ratio to two decimal places).
- 3. Prepare the company’s contribution margin income statement for June for sales of 450,000 cartons of calendars.
- 4. What is June’s margin of safety (in dollars)? What is the operating leverage factor at this level of sales?
- 5. By what percentage will operating income change if July’s sales volume is 16% higher? Prove your answer.
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Managerial Accounting (5th Edition)
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