Hudson Co. reports the contribution margin income statement for 2019 below. Contribution Margin Income StatementFor Year Ended December 31, 2019Sales (9,600 units at $225 each) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,160,000Variable costs (9,600 units at $180 each) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,728,000Contribution margin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432,000Fixed costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324,000Pretax income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 108,000 1. Assume Hudson Co. has a target pretax income of $162,000 for 2020. What amount of sales (in dollars) is needed to produce this target income? 2. If Hudson achieves its target pretax income for 2020, what is its margin of safety (in percent)? (Round to one decimal place.)
Hudson Co. reports the contribution margin income statement for 2019 below. Contribution Margin Income Statement
For Year Ended December 31, 2019
Sales (9,600 units at $225 each) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,160,000
Variable costs (9,600 units at $180 each) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,728,000
Contribution margin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432,000
Fixed costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324,000
Pretax income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 108,000 1. Assume Hudson Co. has a target pretax income of $162,000 for 2020. What amount of sales (in dollars)
is needed to produce this target income?
2. If Hudson achieves its target pretax income for 2020, what is its margin of safety (in percent)? (Round
to one decimal place.)
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