During the current year, the net sales of Ridgeway, Inc., were 10 percent below last year’s level. You should expect Ridge-way’s semivariable costs to: a. Decrease in total, but increase as a percentage of net sales.b. Increase in total and increase as a percentage of net sales.c. Decrease in total and decrease as a percentage of net sales.d. Increase in total, but decrease as a percentage of net sales.

1.) refer to the original data. Compute the company's margin of safety in both dollar and percentage terms ? 2.) what is the company's cm ratio?  If he company can sell more units thereby increasing sales by $84000 per month and there is no change in fixed expense, by how much would you expect monthly net operating income to increase?

II. George Corporation has the following information for the current year: Selling price per unit Variable costs per unit Fixed costs Required: Prepare a cost-volume-profit graph identifying the following items: Total fixed costs line Total variable costs line Total costs line Total revenues line Breakeven point in sales dollars Breakeven point in units A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. Dollars (S) Profit area Loss area 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 S 10.00 6.00 S $1,000.00 0 100 200 300 400 Qty (# Units) 500

ABC Company' management believes that every 9% increase in the selling price of one of the company's products results in a 10% decrease in the products total unit sales.The variable production cost of this product is 12.60 per unit and the variable selling and administrative cost is 4.90 per unit. The product's profit- maximizing price according to the formula in the text is closest to: a. 104.20 b. 19.11 c. 20.83 d. 96.12

For the past 8 months, Mojo Corporation has experienced a steady increase in its cost per unit even though total costs have remained stable. This cost per unit increase may be due to costs if the level of activity at Mojo is O A. variable, decreasing O B. variable, increasing O C. fixed, increasing O D. fixed, decreasing

1-Due to an increase in labor rates, the company estimates that variable expenses will increase by $3 per ball next year. If this change takes place and the selling price per ball remains constant at $25, what will be the new CM ratio and break-even point in balls? 2. Refer to the data in (2) above. If the expected change in variable expenses takes place, how many balls will have to be sold next year to earn the same net operating income, $90,000, as last year? 3. Refer again to the data in (2) above. The president feels that the company must raise the selling price of its basketballs. If Northwood Company wants to maintain the same CM ratio as last year, what selling price per ball must it charge next year to cover the increased labor costs?

Last year Minden Company introduced a new product and sold 25, 300 units of it at aprice of $99 per unit. The product's variable expenses are $69 per unit and its fixedexpenses are $837,300 per year. Required: 1. What was this product's net operatingincome (loss) last year? 2. What is the product's break - even point in unit sales anddollar sales? 3. Assume the company has conducted a marketing study that estimates itcan increase annual sales of this product by 5.000 units for each $2 reduction in itsselling price. If the company will only consider price reductions in increments of $2 (e.g$68, $66, etc.), what is the maximum annual profit that it can earn on this product?What sales volume and selling price per unit generate the maximum profit? 4. Whatwould be the break - even point in unit sales and in dollar sales using the selling pricethat you determined in requirement 3?

Company A's gross profit rate last year was 32.0% and this year it is 28.4%. Which of the following would not be a possible cause for this decline in the gross profit rate? O Company A's average margin between unit selling price and inventory unit cost is decreasing. O Company A may have seen a decline in total gross profit while maintaining net sales. Company A may have begun selling products with a higher markup. O Company A must have paid higher prices to suppliers without passing these costs on to customers.

Diamond, Inc.'s most recent contribution margin income statement shows the following: Sales @ $10 per unit Less: Variable expenses Contribution margin Less: Fixed expenses Operating income (loss) $160,000 (120,000) $ 40,000 (50,000) $ (10,000) If Diamond, Inc's advertising costs increased by $5,000, by how much would sales have to increase for the company to achieve an operating income of $4,000? a. $56,000 b. $42,000 c. $76,000 Od. $18,000

The cost accountant of Sacramento Company provided you the 2019 and 2020 selling price per unit, variable cost per unit and total fixed costs as follows: (2019: P20; P12; P50,000) and (2020: P22; P13.20; P50,000). What is the effect in changes in selling prices and variable costs to break-even volume from 2019 to 2020? * Insufficient data to determine the effect in break-even volume. Decrease in break-even volume. Increase in break-even volume. No change in break-even volume.