In: Accounting
Contribution Margin, CVP, Net Income, Margin of Safety
Nail Glow, Inc., produces novelty nail polishes. Each bottle sells for $5.90. Variable unit costs are as follows:
Acrylic base | $0.86 | Bottle, packing material | $1.15 | |||
Pigments | 0.57 | Selling commission | 0.14 | |||
Other ingredients | 0.43 |
Fixed overhead costs are $34,475 per year. Fixed selling and administrative costs are $6,720 per year. Nail Glow sold 35,000 bottles last year.
Required:
1. What is the contribution margin per unit for
a bottle of nail polish? Round your answer to the nearest
cent.
$ per unit
What is the contribution margin ratio? Round your answer to four decimal places. Use the rounded value in the subsequent computations. (Express as a decimal-based amount rather than a whole percent.)
2. How many bottles must be sold to break
even?
bottles
What is the break-even sales revenue? Round your answer to the
nearest dollar, if rounding is required. Use the rounded value in
the subsequent computations.
$
3. What was Nail Glow’s operating income last
year?
$
4. What was the margin of safety in
revenue?
$
5. Suppose that Nail Glow, Inc., raises the
price to $6.50 per bottle, but anticipated sales will drop to
28,750 bottles. What will the new break-even point in units be?
Round your answer to the nearest whole number of units.
bottles
ans 1 | |||
Selling price S | 5.9 | ||
Less: variable expenses | |||
Acrylic base | 0.86 | ||
Pigments | 0.57 | ||
Other ingredients | 0.43 | ||
Bottle, packing material | 1.15 | ||
Selling commission | 0.14 | 3.15 | |
Contribution margin C | $2.75 | per unit | |
Contribution margin ratio | |||
C/S | |||
2.75/5.9 | 0.4661 | ||
ans 2 | |||
Break even in units | |||
Fixed Cost/CM per unit | |||
41195/2.75 | 14980 | units | |
Fixed cost 34475+6720 | 41195 | ||
Breakeven in $ | |||
41195/.4661 | $88382 | ||
ans 3 | |||
Operating income | |||
Sales (35000*5.9) | 206500 | ||
Less: variable cost (35000*3.15) | 110250 | ||
Contribution margin | 96250 | ||
Less: fixed cost | 41195 | ||
Net operating Income | $55055 | ||
ans 4 | |||
Margin of safety | $118118 | ||
Budgeted sales-Breakeven sales | |||
206500-88382 | |||
ans 5 | |||
Break even in units | 12297 | ||
Fixed Cost/CM per unit | |||
41195/(6.5-3.15) | |||
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