Managerial Accounting
Managerial Accounting
15th Edition
ISBN: 9780078025631
Author: Ray H Garrison, Eric Noreen, Peter C. Brewer Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 5, Problem 29P
To determine

Break-Even Point:A break-even point is the number of units or amount of dollar where a company is neither making profit nor incurring any loss.

Margin of safety:It is a zone where a company is making profit from the operation and safe from incurring any losses.

1. The preparation of contribution statement income statement; one showing present operations and one showing proposed new operations.

2. Based on the income statement for the present operations and the proposed new operations, compute:

a) The degree of operating leverage

b) The break-even point in dollar sales

c) The margin of safety in dollar and in percentage.

3. The factor in deciding whether to purchase the new equipment

4. The break-even point in dollar sales under the new marketing strategy and mention your agreement with the marketing proposal.

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