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.
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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.)
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2. How many bottles must be sold to break even?
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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.
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3. What was Nail Glow’s operating income last year?
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4. What was the margin of safety in revenue?
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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.
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bottles
Should Nail Glow raise the price?