
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259964947
Author: Libby
Publisher: MCG
expand_more
expand_more
format_list_bulleted
Question

Transcribed Image Text:OPTION 1: Crestview Country Club
a. Fixed rental cost of $1,000
b. $11 per person for food
OPTION 2: Tallgrass Country Club
a. Fixed rental cost of $3,000
b. A caterer who charges $8.00 per person for food
Southwestern College has budgeted $1,800 for administrative and marketing expenses. It
plans to hire a band, which will cost another $2,000. Tickets are expected to be $35 per
person. Local business supporters will donate any other items required for the event.
A) Which option provides the least amount of risk?
A) Option one
B) Option two
C) Both options provide the same amount of risk.
D) Neither option has risks.
E) Without probability assignments, it is not possible to determine the riskier option.
2B) What is the break-even point in units for each option?
A) 96 units and 114 units, respectively
B) 120 units and 187 units, respectively
C) 56 units and 137 units, respectively
D) 200 units and 252 units, respectively
E) 156 units and 219 units, respectively
C) What is the operating income for each option if 600 people attend?
A) $14,400 and $12,400 respectively
B) $9,800 and $10,200 respectively
C) $8,000 and $8,400 respectively
D) $7,900 and $8,000 respectively
E) $9,600 and $9,400 respectively
D) What is the degree of operating leverage for each option if 600 people attend?
A) 1.37 and 1.75 times, respectively
B) 1.5 times and 1.72 times, respectively
C) 1.10 and 1.29 times, respectively
D) 0.75 and 1.07 times, respectively
E) Operating leverage is indeterminable.
Expert Solution

This question has been solved!
Explore an expertly crafted, step-by-step solution for a thorough understanding of key concepts.
Step by stepSolved in 6 steps with 3 images

Knowledge Booster
Similar questions
- Solve questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6arrow_forwardAnalyze Cityscape Hotels Cityscape Hotels has 200 rooms available in a major metropolitan city. The hotel is able to attract business customers during the weekdays and leisure customers during the weekend. However, the leisure customers on weekends occupy fewer rooms than do business customers on weekdays. Thus, Cityscape plans to provide special weekend pricing to attract additional leisure customers. A hotel room is priced at $180 per room night. The cost of a hotel room night includes the following: Line Item Description Cost Per Room Night(at normal occupancy) Housekeeping service $23 Utilities 7 Amenities 3 Hotel depreciation 55 Hotel staff (excluding housekeeping) 42 Total $130 The special weekend price is proposed for $120 per room night. At this price, it is anticipated that average occupancy for the weekend (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday) will increase from 30% to 50% of available rooms. Question Content Area a. What is the contribution margin for a…arrow_forwardWild-Water Works Water Park provides for a fun day by offering a variety of rides. Wild-Water Works Water Park sells tickets at $75 per person as a one-day entrance fee. Variable costs per person are $34 and fixed cost amount to $221,100 per month. Wild-Water Works Water Park expects to sell 7,500 tickets. Find break-even first, then compute the margin of safety in tickets and sales in dollars. Net sales revenue per unit - Variable costs per unit = Unit contribution margin 1607 + (Fixed Costs +Target Profit) / Contribution Margin per unit = Required Sales in Units = Expected Sales Break-even sales = Margin of safety in units Margin of safety in units X Sales price per unit = Margin of safety in dollars X ||arrow_forward
- Take-a-Break Travel Company offers spring break travel packages to college students. Two of its packages, a 7-day, 6-night trip to Cancun and a 5-day, 4-night trip to Jamaica, have the following characteristics: Package Specifications Oceanfront room; number of nights Meals: Breakfasts Lunches Dinners Scuba diving trips Water skiing trips Transportation to and from airport Airfare (round trip from Miami) Cost Data Cancun 6 Jamaica 4 $ 55/night $ 10/ea 7 6963. 454221 4 1 1 1 $ 15/ea $ 25/ea $ 75/ea $ 50/ea $ 375 (Cancun), $ 550 (Jamaica) $ 25 (Cancun), $ 40 (Jamaica) The Cancun trip sells for $1,750, and the Jamaica trip sells for $1,500, and both packages allow two bags to be checked for free. Required: 1. What are the current profit margins on both trips? 2. Take-a-Break's management believes that it must drop the price of each trip by $100 in order to remain competitive in the market. Recalculate profit margins for both packages at these price levels. Complete this question by…arrow_forwardhelp please answer in text form with proper workings and explanation for each and every part and steps with concept and introduction no AI no copy paste remember answer must be in proper format with all workingarrow_forwardPlease type the answer. Dont use CHATGPT Best Burgers is a local burger joint that is celebrating its 10th anniversary. To reward its customers, Best Burgers has decided to offer its customers a discount of 20% during the next week. If the burgers usually sell for $2.00 each and Best Burgers expects to make a profit of $0.20 on each burger after the discount, what is the cost of making each burger? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)arrow_forward
- Take-a-Break Travel Company offers spring break travel packages to college students. Two of its packages, a 7-day, 6-night trip to Cancun and a 5-day, 4-night trip to Jamaica, have the following characteristics: Package Specifications Oceanfront room; number of nights Meals: Breakfasts Lunches Dinners Scuba diving trips Water skiing trips Airfare (round trip from Miami) Transportation to and from airport Required 1 Cancun Jamaica 6 4 Required 2 Profit margin Profit margin (%) 69634 Cancun 7 $340 (Cancun), $500 (Jamaica) $46 (Cancun), $58 (Jamaica) The Cancun trip sells for $2,000, and the Jamaica trip sells for $1,760, and both packages allow two bags to be checked for free. % 1arrow_forwardTake-a-Break Travel Company offers spring break travel packages to college students. Two of its packages, a 7-day, 6-night trip to Cancun and a 5-day, 4-night trip to Jamaica, have the following characteristics: Package Specifications Oceanfront room; number of nights Cancun Jamaica 6 4 Cost Data Meals: Breakfasts Lunches Dinners Scuba diving trips Water skiing trips Airfare (round trip from Miami) Transportation to and from airport 454221 7 69634L 1 1 1 $73/night $10/ea $15/ea $25/ea $93/ea $68/ea $400 (Cancun), $500 (Jamaica) $60 (Cancun), $66 (Jamaica) The Cancun trip sells for $2,100, and the Jamaica trip sells for $1,860, and both packages allow two bags to be checked for free. Required: 1. What are the current profit margins on both trips? 2. Take-a-Break's management believes that it must drop the price of each trip by $118 in order to remain competitive in the market. Recalculate profit margins for both packages at these price levels.arrow_forwardGolden Gate Novelties (GGN) sells souvenir key chains at the local airport. GGN charges $12.00 per chain. The variable cost for a chain, including the wholesale cost of the chain, packaging, the commission paid to the airport operator, and so on, is $10.40. The annual fixed cost for GGN is $15,000. Required: a. How many cases must Golden Gate Novelties sell every year to break even? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. b. The owner of GGN believes that the company can sell 12,500 chains a year. What is the margin of safety in terms of the number of chains? a. Break-even point b. Margin of safety chains chainsarrow_forward
- Annie's Homemade is deciding whether to retain or drop a 700-square feet satellite shop location. The company makes the ice cream sold at the satellite location at its larger main shop location. Twice a month the company transports ice cream from its main shop to the satellite location. The company gathered the following additional information to assist in making the decision: Annual sales at the satellite location i Ingredient costs as a percent of sales Monthly rent at satellite location (the lease is cancelable). Average monthly utility expense at satellite location. Part-time store managers' combined annual wages at satellite location Annual hourly wages paid to additional employees at satellite location Annual hours spent by salaried managers at the main shop location supporting the satellite location i Other annual expenses: Annual depreciation expense on satellite store's equipment (no salvage value) Annual pickup truck and cargo trailer depreciation, insurance, registration,…arrow_forwardVancouver Shakespearean Theater's board of directors is considering the replacement of the theater's lighting system. The old system requires two people to operate it, but the new system would require only a single operator. The new lighting system will cost $115,700 and save the theater $24,000 annually for the next eight years. Use Appendix A for your reference. (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided.) Exercise 16-28 New Present Value with Different Discount Rates (Section 1) (LO 16-1) Required: 1-a. Prepare a table showing the proposed lighting system's net present value for each of the following discount rates: 8 percent, 10 percent, 12 percent, 14 percent, and 16 percent. 1-b. Based on your findings in requirement 1-a., Which statement is true? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Req 1A Prepare a table showing the proposed lighting system's net present value for each of the following discount rates: 8 percent, 10 percent, 12 percent, 14…arrow_forwardA concert organizer agrees to pay the owner of an auditorium 26% of the ticket sales. The organizer manages to sell 2,800 tickets at $60 each. If the organizer makes a profit of $6,600, what was the total cost of holding the concert? (Round your answer to the nearest dollar amount.) Total cost ($): Numeric Response 50,280arrow_forward
arrow_back_ios
SEE MORE QUESTIONS
arrow_forward_ios
Recommended textbooks for you
- AccountingAccountingISBN:9781337272094Author:WARREN, Carl S., Reeve, James M., Duchac, Jonathan E.Publisher:Cengage Learning,Accounting Information SystemsAccountingISBN:9781337619202Author:Hall, James A.Publisher:Cengage Learning,
- Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis...AccountingISBN:9780134475585Author:Srikant M. Datar, Madhav V. RajanPublisher:PEARSONIntermediate AccountingAccountingISBN:9781259722660Author:J. David Spiceland, Mark W. Nelson, Wayne M ThomasPublisher:McGraw-Hill EducationFinancial and Managerial AccountingAccountingISBN:9781259726705Author:John J Wild, Ken W. Shaw, Barbara Chiappetta Fundamental Accounting PrinciplesPublisher:McGraw-Hill Education


Accounting
Accounting
ISBN:9781337272094
Author:WARREN, Carl S., Reeve, James M., Duchac, Jonathan E.
Publisher:Cengage Learning,

Accounting Information Systems
Accounting
ISBN:9781337619202
Author:Hall, James A.
Publisher:Cengage Learning,

Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis...
Accounting
ISBN:9780134475585
Author:Srikant M. Datar, Madhav V. Rajan
Publisher:PEARSON

Intermediate Accounting
Accounting
ISBN:9781259722660
Author:J. David Spiceland, Mark W. Nelson, Wayne M Thomas
Publisher:McGraw-Hill Education

Financial and Managerial Accounting
Accounting
ISBN:9781259726705
Author:John J Wild, Ken W. Shaw, Barbara Chiappetta Fundamental Accounting Principles
Publisher:McGraw-Hill Education