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Piedmont Company segments its business into two regions—North and South. The company prepared the contribution format segmented income statement as shown:
Total Company | North | South | ||||||
Sales | $ | 937,500 | $ | 750,000 | $ | 187,500 | ||
Variable expenses | 637,500 | 600,000 | 37,500 | |||||
Contribution margin | 300,000 | 150,000 | 150,000 | |||||
Traceable fixed expenses | 152,000 | 76,000 | 76,000 | |||||
Segment margin | 148,000 | $ | 74,000 | $ | 74,000 | |||
Common fixed expenses | 64,000 | |||||||
Net operating income | $ | 84,000 | ||||||
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.
(For all requirements, round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places. Round your final answers to the nearest dollar.)
Answer of Part 1:
Contribution Margin Ratio = Contribution Margin/ Sales
Contribution Margin Ratio = $300,000 / $937,500
Contribution Margin Ratio = 0.32
Break Even Point in Sales Dollar = (Traceable Fixed Expenses +
Common Fixed Expenses) / Contribution Margin ratio
Break Even Point in Sales Dollar = ($152,000 + $64,000) /
0.32
Break Even Point in Sales Dollar = $216,000 / 0.32
Break Even Point in Sales Dollar = $675,000
Answer of Part 2:
Contribution Margin Ratio = Contribution Margin / Sales
Contribution Margin Ratio = $150,000 / $750,000
Contribution Margin Ratio = 0.2
Break Even Point in Sales Dollar = Traceable Fixed Expenses /
Contribution Margin Ratio
Break Even Point in Sales Dollar = $76,000 / 0.2
Break Even Point in Sales Dollar = $380,000
Answer of Part 3:
Contribution Margin Ratio = Contribution Margin / Sales
Contribution Margin Ratio = $150,000 / $187,500
Contribution Margin Ratio = 0.8
Break Even Point in Sales Dollar = Traceable Fixed Expenses /
Contribution Margin Ratio
Break Even Point in Sales Dollar = $76,000 / 0.8
Break Even Point in Sales Dollar = $95,000