Concept explainers
(a)
Concept introduction:
Breakeven Point:
The level of sales where the company is neither on profit nor loss is termed as breakeven point. In other words, that level of sales at which the fixed cost of the business is recovered.
The breakeven point in units.
(b)
Concept introduction:
Breakeven Point:
The level of sales where the company is neither on profit nor loss is termed as breakeven point. In other words, that level of sales at which the fixed cost of the business is recovered.
The breakeven point in sales amount.
(c)
Concept introduction:
Contribution Margin:
The margin of profit which is computed after considering the variable cost only and not the fixed costis known as contribution. In other words, it means the contribution made by selling the product after covering its variable cost to the company.
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The CVP graph taking the range of
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- Cole Company sells both designer and moderately priced fashion accessories. Top management is deciding which product line to emphasize. Accountants have provided the following data: (Click the icon to view the data.) Prepare an analysis to show which product the company should emphasize. (Enter the units displayed per square foot and the contribution marain per square foot to two decimal places.) Units displayed per square foot: Designer Moderately priced Contribution margin per unit Contribution margin per square foot of display space Capacity-Square feet of display space Total contribution margin at capacity Show Transcribed Text Data table CO Average sale price Average variable costs Average contribution margin Average fixed costs (allocated) Average operating income. Designer $ $ Ĉ Product Moderately Priced Per Item Designer Moderately Priced 210 $ 100 110 15 95 $ 85 21 64 5 59 The Cole Company store in Grand Junction, Colorado, has 15,000 square feet of floor space. If Cole…arrow_forwardBigdog Company distributes pet products. Its ABC system has five activities: Activity Area Cost Driver Rate in 2020 1. Order processing $50 per order 2. Line-item ordering $5 per line item 3. Store deliveries $40 per store delivery 4. Carton deliveries $6 per carton 5. Shelf-stocking $19 per stocking hour Rufus McBrain, the controller of Bigdog Company, wants to use this ABC system to examine customer profitability. He focuses on two of his customers to find out the insights he can gain from using this system. Data for these two customers in April 2020 are as follows: Pet Store Annerley RSPCA store Springwood Total orders 13 7 Average line items per order 11 19 Total store deliveries 5 7 Average cartons shipped per store delivery 21 18 Average hours of shelf stocking per store delivery 0.5 0.75 Average revenue per delivery $2,600 $1,900 Average cost of goods sold per delivery…arrow_forwardBigdog Company distributes pet products. Its ABC system has five activities: Activity Area Cost Driver Rate in 2020 1. Order processing $50 per order 2. Line-item ordering $5 per line item 3. Store deliveries $40 per store delivery 4. Carton deliveries $6 per carton 5. Shelf-stocking $19 per stocking hour Rufus McBrain, the controller of Bigdog Company, wants to use this ABC system to examine customer profitability. He focuses on two of his customers to find out the insights he can gain from using this system. Data for these two customers in April 2020 are as follows: Pet Store Annerley RSPCA store Springwood Total orders 13 7 Average line items per order 11 19 Total store deliveries 5 7 Average cartons shipped per store delivery 21 18 Average hours of shelf stocking per store delivery 0.5 0.75 Average revenue per delivery $2,600 $1,900 Average cost of goods sold per delivery…arrow_forward
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