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Contribution margin is
a.the same as sales revenue
b.the excess of sales over variable costs
c.another term for volume in the "cost-volume-profit" analysis
d.profit
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- Which of the following is a correct definition of the margin of safety? The excess of contribution margin over fixed costs The excess of gross margin over target income 0 The excess of sales revenue over the breakeven point The excess of ner income over all costs (both variable and fixedarrow_forwardWhen using CVP Analysis, Net Profit (positive NI) would occur when Fixed Costs (FC) exceed total Contribution Margin. TRUE FALSEarrow_forwardThe “plus” in cost-plus pricing is often referred to as Markup. Extra profit. Gross profit. Margin of Safety.arrow_forward
- Define the term break-even point. What is the variable cost ratio? The contribution margin ratio? How are the two ratios related? Define the term sales mix. Give an example to support your definition.arrow_forwardOn a cost-volume-profit graph, the revenue line will be shown below the total expense line for any activity level above the break-even point. FALSE O TRUEarrow_forwardContribution margin dividedt by Income is the: Multiple Choice Contribution margin ratio. Margin of safety. Degree of operating leverage. Sales mix. Break-even point in units.arrow_forward
- What is the gross profit margin? Higher ratio or lower ratioarrow_forwardVariable costing income will be greater than absorption costing income when: a. Sales is greater than production. b. contribution pricing is applied c. Production is less than or equal to sales. d. Production is greater than salesarrow_forwardThe equation for total costs (Y) is: Y = a+ bX In this equation, “a” represents: Net income Cost of goods sold Total fixed costs The level of activity (e.g., the number of units produced) Total variable costs Variable cost per unit of X Total revenuearrow_forward
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