Given the following information for Baugh Company:
Total fixed costs $78,000
Unit variable costs $24
Unit selling price $36
Required:
a. Compute the contribution margin per unit.
b. Compute the contribution-margin ratio.
c. Compute the break-even point in units.
d. Compute the break-even volume in dollars
Ans a: Contribution margin per unit= $12
Computation:
Formula: Sales price per unit- variable cost per unit
=36-24
=$12
Ans b: Contribution margin ratio: 33.33%
Computation:
Formula: Contribution margin/ Selling price per unit
= 12/36*100
= 0.3333 or 33.33%
Ans c: Break-even point in units: 6500 units
Computation:
Formula: Fixed cost/contribution margin
=78,000/12
= 6500 units
Ans d :Break-even volume in dollars: $234,023 or $234,000( if rounded up)
Computation:
Formula: Fixed cost/CM %
=78,000/33.33%
=$234,023 or $234,000( if rounded up)
=$234,000
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