Break-Even Units and Sales Revenue: Margin of Safety
Dupli-Pro Copy Shop provides photocopying service. Next year, Dupli-Pro estimates it will copy 3,130,000 pages at a price of $0.1 each in the coming year. Product costs include:
Direct materials | $0.015 |
Direct labor | $0.005 |
Variable overhead | $0.002 |
Total fixed overhead | $178,400 |
There is no variable selling expense; fixed selling and administrative expenses total $40,000.
Required:
In your computations that involve the contribution margin ratio, do not round the ratio.
1. Calculate the break-even point in
units.
units
2. Calculate the break-even point in sales
revenue.
$
3. Calculate the margin of safety in units for
the coming year.
units
4. Calculate the margin of safety in sales
revenue for the coming year.
$
5. What if the total selling and administrative expenses are reduced to $16,600? Recalculate the following:
a. Break-even point in units | units | |
b. Break-even point in sales revenue | $ | |
c. Margin of safety in units for the coming year | units | |
d. Margin of safety in sales revenue for the coming year | $ |
1) Break even point = Fixed cost/contribution margin per unit
Contribution margin per unit= 0.1-(0.015+0.005+0.002) = 0.078
Break even point = 218400/.078 = 2800000 units
2) Break even revenue = 2800000*.1 = 280000
3) Margin of safety in units = 3130000-2800000 = 330000
4) Margin of safety revenue = 330000*.10 = 33000
5) Calculate following after changes
Break even point = 195000/.078 = 2500000 units
Break even point revenue = 2500000*.1 = $250000
Margin of safety unit = 3130000-2500000 = 630000 units
Margin of safety sales revenue = 630000*.10 = $63000
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