Furniture, Inc., sells lamps for $30. The unit variable cost per lamp is $22. Fixed costs total $9,600.    A) What is the contribution margin per lamp?   B)What is the breakeven point in lamps?   C) How many lamps must be sold to earn a pretax income of $8,000?   D)What is the margin of safety, assuming 1,500 lamps are sold?

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 Furniture, Inc., sells lamps for $30. The unit variable cost per lamp is $22. Fixed costs total $9,600. 
 
A) What is the contribution margin per lamp?
 
B)What is the breakeven point in lamps?
 
C) How many lamps must be sold to earn a pretax income of $8,000?
 
D)What is the margin of safety, assuming 1,500 lamps are sold? 

 
 
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