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Piedmont Company segments its business into two regions—North and South. The company prepared the contribution format segmented income statement shown below: |
Total Company |
North | South | ||||
Sales | $ | 1,156,250 | $ | 925,000 | $ | 231,250 |
Variable expenses | 786,250 | 740,000 | 46,250 | |||
Contribution margin | 370,000 | 185,000 | 185,000 | |||
Traceable fixed expenses | 156,000 | 78,000 | 78,000 | |||
Segment margin | 214,000 | $ | 107,000 | $ | 107,000 | |
Common fixed expenses | 68,000 | |||||
Net operating income | $ | 146,000 | ||||
Required: |
1. | Compute the companywide break-even point in dollar sales . |
2. | Compute the break-even point in dollar sales for the North region. |
3. | Compute the break-even point in dollar sales for the South region. (Round your break-even dollar sales to the nearest whole number.) |
Answer of Part 1:
Total Fixed Expense = Traceable Fixed Expenses + Common Fixed
Expenses
Total Fixed Expense = $156,000 + $68,000
Total Fixed Expense = $224,000
Contribution Margin Ratio = Contribution Margin / Sales
Contribution Margin Ratio = $370,000 / $1,156,250
Contribution Margin Ratio = 0.32
Break Even in Dollar Sales = Total Fixed Expense / Contribution
Margin Ratio
Break Even in Dollar Sales = $224,000 / 0.32
Break Even in Dollar Sales = $700,000
Answer of Part 2:
Contribution Margin Ratio = Contribution Margin / Sales
Contribution Margin Ratio = $185,000 / $925,000
Contribution Margin Ratio = 0.2
Break Even Point in Dollar Sales = Fixed Expense/ Contribution
Margin Ratio
Break Even Point in Dollar Sales = $78,000 / 0.2
Break Even Point in Dollar Sales = $390,000
Answer of Part 3:
Contribution Margin Ratio = Contribution Margin / Sales
Contribution Margin Ratio = $185,000 / $231,250
Contribution Margin Ratio = 0.8
Break Even Point in Dollar Sales = Fixed Expense/ Contribution
Margin Ratio
Break Even Point in Dollar Sales = $78,000 / 0.8
Break Even Point in Dollar Sales = $97,500