
Cost Management: A Strategic Emphasis
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Chapter 9, Problem 1Q
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State the underlying relationship depicted in CVP analysis.
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Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP) Analysis: It is a method followed to analyze the relationship between the sales, costs, and the related profit or loss at various levels of units sold. In other words, it shows the effect of the changes in the cost and the sales volume on the operating income of the company.
The following are underlying relationship depicted in Cost volume profit analysis:
- CVP analysis shows the relationship between the sales, costs, and the related profit or loss at various levels of units sold. In other words, it shows the effect of the changes in the cost and the operating profit of the company at each sales volume.
- CVP analysis depicts the short-term profit structure of a company.
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Cost Management: A Strategic Emphasis
Ch. 9 - Prob. 1QCh. 9 - Prob. 2QCh. 9 - What are the basic assumptions of CVP analysis?
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