Managerial Accounting: Creating Value in a Dynamic Business Environment
12th Edition
ISBN: 9781260417074
Author: HILTON, Ronald
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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Chapter 7, Problem 31E
A contribution income statement for the Nantucket Inn is shown below. (Ignore income taxes.)
Required:
- 1. Show the hotel’s cost structure by indicating the percentage of the hotel’s revenue represented by each item on the income statement.
- 2. Suppose the hotel’s revenue declines by 15 percent. Use the contribution-margin percentage to calculate the resulting decrease in net income.
- 3. What is the hotel’s operating leverage factor when revenue is $500,000?
- 4. Use the operating leverage factor to calculate the increase in net income resulting from a 20 percent increase in sales revenue.
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Managerial Accounting: Creating Value in a Dynamic Business Environment
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