Guthrie Industries manufactures and sells dog collars. The collars sell for $12 each. Information about the company’s costs is as follows.                    Variable manufacturing cost per unit    $    2      Variable selling and administrative cost per unit         1      Fixed manufacturing overhead per month    $    250,000      Fixed selling and administrative cost per month         200,000        a. Determine the company's monthly break-even point in units. b. Determine the sales volume (in dollars) required for a monthly operating income of $900,000. c. Compute the company’s margin of safety if its current monthly sales level is $1,400,000. d. Estimate the amount by which monthly operating income will increase if Guthrie anticipates a $60,000 increase in monthly sales volume.

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Guthrie Industries manufactures and sells dog collars. The collars sell for $12 each. Information about the company’s costs is as follows.

 

                
Variable manufacturing cost per unit    $    2     
Variable selling and administrative cost per unit         1     
Fixed manufacturing overhead per month    $    250,000     
Fixed selling and administrative cost per month         200,000     
 

a. Determine the company's monthly break-even point in units.

b. Determine the sales volume (in dollars) required for a monthly operating income of $900,000.

c. Compute the company’s margin of safety if its current monthly sales level is $1,400,000.

d. Estimate the amount by which monthly operating income will increase if Guthrie anticipates a $60,000 increase in monthly sales volume.

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