A proposed project has fixed costs of $36,000 per year. The operating cash flow at 12,000 units is $70,000. |
a. Ignoring the effect of taxes, what is the degree of operating leverage? |
b. If units sold rise from 12,000 to 12,400, what will be the increase in operating cash flow? |
c. What is the new degree of operating leverage? |
a) | Contribution margin = operating cash flow + fixed cost | |||||
=$70000+36000 | ||||||
=$106000 | ||||||
Operating leverage = Contribution margin / opearting cash flow | ||||||
=$106000/70000 | ||||||
=1.51 | ||||||
b) | Increase in operating cash flow = $106000/12000*400 | |||||
=3533.33 | ||||||
c) | New operating leverage | |||||
Contribution = $106000/12000*12400 =109533.33 | ||||||
Operating cash flow = $109533.33-36000 | ||||||
=$73533.33 | ||||||
Degree of operating leverage = $109533.33/73533.33 | ||||||
=1.49 | ||||||
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