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(Solved): This is the Contribution Margin of Harrison MFG product.
Sales
Price & ...
This is the Contribution Margin of Harrison MFG product.
Sales
Price
25
Variable
Cost
14
CM
11
If fixed costs are 220,000, How much units should Harrison
needs to sell to break even?
Calculate the Break even point in sales volume
If Harrison expected sales are 25,000 units, How much is the
margin of safety?
If Harrison before tax target income is 88,000, how much units
the company should sell?
Prepare a contribution margin income statement for the data in
part 4, to compute the Degree of Operating Leverage
A new technology could reduce the variable cost by $3, but
increase the fixed cost by $50,000 (including the cost of the new
technology). Should Harrison invest in the technology?, Why?
A: No. of units at breakeven = fixed costs/contribution margin = 220,000/11 = 20,000 units ------------- B: Thus break even sales volume is 20,000 units Sales value = 20,000 units * $25 per unit = $500,000 ------------------- C: Margin of safety in u