Solution 106 2 15 22
Solution 106 2 15 22
Solution 106 2 15 22
Ex. 1
(a) Fixed Costs $240,000
Unit contribution margin = ———————————— = ————————
Break-even Sales in units ($800,000 ÷ $10)
$240,000
= ———— = $3.00
80,000
EX 2
(a) Selling price = $2,125,000 ÷ 500,000 = $4.25 per unit
Variable cost per unit = $1,500,000 500,000 = $3 per unit
Sales – Variable cost – Fixed cost = 0
$4.25X – $3.00X – $1,000,000 = 0
Break-even point in units = 800,000 units ($1,000,000 ÷ $1.25)
Break-even point in dollars = 800,000 × $4.25 = $3,400,000
(b) New variable cost per unit = (45% × $2,500,000) ÷ 500,000 = $2.25 per unit
$4.25X – $2.25X – ($2,500,000 × 55%) = 0
New break-even point in units = 687,500 units ($1,375,000 ÷ $2)
New break-even point in dollars = 687,500 × $4.25 = $2,921,875
EX 3
(a) Break-even sales in units
$10X = $6X + $1,920,000
$4X = $1,920,000
X = 480,000 units
Break-even point in dollars
X = .4X + $1,920,000
.4X = $1,920,000
X = $4,800,000
EX 5
(a) 70%X – $84,000 = $140,000
Required sales = $320,000 ($224,000 ÷ .70)
EX 7
(a) Break-even Sales = Variable Costs + Fixed Costs
X = .75X + $240,000
.25X = $240,000
X = $960,000
(b) Contribution Margin per Unit = Unit Selling Price – Unit Variable Cost
CM = $20 – $15 = $5
Fixed Costs
Break-even Sales = ————————————
Contribution Margin Ratio
Margin of Safety
Margin of Safety Ratio = ———————
Actual Sales
EX 8
1. D Activity base
2. A Break-even point
3. E Dollars
4. C Fixed costs
5. G Loss
6. B Profit
7. I Revenues
8. H Total costs
9. F Variable costs
EX 10
Break-even point in dollars: $450,000 ÷ 30% = $1,500,000
Margin of safety in dollars: $2,000,000 – $1,500,000 = $500,000
Margin of safety ratio: $500,000 ÷ $2,000,000 = 25%
Solution Genavine
(a) Product
X21 R45
Contribution margin per unit $25 $40
Machine hours required ÷ 2.5 ÷ 4.2
Contribution margin per unit of limited resource $10 $9.52
(b) The X21 product should be manufactured because it results in the highest contribution
margin per machine hour: $10 × 1,200 = $12,000
Solution SAM
Contribution margin per unit:
Footballs: [$60,000 – $36,000] ÷ 4,000 = $6
Baseballs: [$25,000 – $7,000] ÷ 2,500 = $7.20
Sam should tell his sales people to sell more baseballs due to the higher contribution margin per
unit.