Contribution Margin, Break-Even Units, Contribution Margin Income Statement, Margin of Safety
Zebra Company manufactures custom-designed skins (covers) for iPods® and other portable MP3 devices. Variable costs are $9.80 per custom skin, the price is $14, and fixed costs are $68,880.
Required:
1. What is the contribution margin for one
custom skin? Round your answer to the nearest cent.
$ per custom skin
2. How many custom skins must Zebra Company
sell to break even?
custom skins
3. If Zebra Company sells 17,000 custom skins,
what is the operating income?
$
4. Calculate the margin of safety in units and in sales revenue if 17,000 custom skins are sold.
Margin of safety in units | units | |
Margin of safety in sales revenue | $ |
Answer |
1) Contribution margin per custom skin |
Sale price - Variable cost per unit |
$14-9.8 = $4.2 |
2) Break even sales in units = Fixed Cost / Contribution per unit = $68880 / $4.20 = 16,400 custom skins. |
3) Operating Income = 17000 * $4.20 - $68880 = $2520 |
4) magin of safety in units = units sold - breakeven sales = 17000-16400 = 600 units. |
Margin of safety in sales revenue |
margin of safety in units * selling price |
600 units * $14 = $8400 |
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