Managerial Accounting
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780077826482
Author: Stacey M Whitecotton Associate Professor, Robert Libby, Fred Phillips Associate Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 6, Problem 12E
To determine
Concept introduction:
Degree of Operating Leverage:
It is a measure to calculate the change in operating income of the company with reference to change in the contribution margin respectively.
Requirement 1
To discuss:
The implications of the degrees of operating leverage given for two companies.
To determine
Concept introduction:
Degree of Operating Leverage:
It is a measure to calculate the change in operating income of the company with reference to change in the contribution margin respectively.
Requirement 2
To compute:
The total contribution margin for two companies.
To determine
Concept introduction:
Degree of Operating Leverage:
It is a measure to calculate the change in operating income of the company with reference to change in the contribution margin respectively.
Requirement 3
To discuss:
Thecost structures forD company and G company.
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Some financial information for each of three companies is reflected below in columns A, B, and C.
Use your knowledge of CVP relationships to fill in the missing pieces numbered (1) through (9). Consider each company (i.e., column)
separately. (Round variable cost per unit and contribution margin ratio to 2 decimal places, e.g. 0.24.)
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Tax rate
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The following diagram is a cost-volume-profit graph for a manufacturing company:
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Select the answer that best describes the labeled item on the diagram.
A. Area CDE represents the area of net loss.
B. Line AC graphs total fixed costs.
C. Point D represents a point at which the profit is greater than zero.
D. Line AC graphs total costs.
1. To compute the breakeven point using the contribution margin, we get the ratio of
a. Total fixed expenses and Total contribution margin
b. Total variable expenses and Total Contribution margin
c. Total fixed expenses and Contribution margin per unit
d. Total variable expenses and Contribution margin per unit
2. A mathematical expression that describes a breakeven point of a company is
a. Sales Revenue = Variable expenses + Fixed expenses
b. Sales Revenue = Variable expenses - Fixed expenses
c. Sales Revenue < Variable expenses + Fixed expenses
d. Sales Revenue > Variable expenses - Fixed expenses
3. The Cost-Volume-Profit equation is given by
a. Sales Revenue = Profits + Contribution margin ratio + Fixed expenses
b. Sales Revenue = Profits + Contribution margin + Fixed expenses
c. Sales Revenue = Profits+ Variable expenses + Fixed expenses
d. Sales Revenue = Profits -Variable expenses…
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