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Lydia Company has the following information. What are Lydia's degree of operating leverage and margin of safety ratio?
Sales $1,600,000
Fixed costs 160,000
Variable costs 1,120,000
А Degree of operating leverage 1.5 Margin of safety ratio .67
B Degree of operating leverage .67 Margin of safety ratio 2.0
C Degree of operating leverage .30 Margin of safety ratio .67
D Degree of operating leverage .30 Margin of safety ratio .20
Answer : A
>> Contribution margin =Sales - Variable cost
>> Contribution margin = $ 1,600,000 - $ 1,120,000
>> Contribution margin = $ 480,000.
>> Profit = Contribution margin - Fixed cost
>> Profit = $ 480,000 - $ 160,000
>> Profit = $ 320,000.
>> Degree of Operating Leverage = Contribution Margin / Profit
>> Degree of Operating Leverage = $ 480,000 / $ 320,000
>> Degree of Operating Leverage = 1.5.
>> Contribution margin ratio = $ 480,000 / $ 1,600,000
>> Contribution margin ratio = 30 %.
>> Break even sales = Fixed cost / CM Ratio
>> Break even sales = $ 160,000 / 30 %
>> Break even sales = $ 533,333.
>> Margin of safety = Actual sales - Break even sales
>> Margin of safety = $ 1,600,000 - $ 533,333
>> Margin of safety = $ 1,066,667.
>> Margin of safety ratio = $ 1,066,667 / $ 1,600,000
>> Margin of safety ratio = 0.67