Instructor Assignment # 1

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  1. Alex Miller, Inc., sells car batteries to service stations for an average of $30 each. The variable cost of each battery is $20 and monthly fixed manufacturing costs total $10,000. Other monthly fixed costs of the company total $8,000.
    Required:
    a. What is the breakeven point in batteries?
    b. What is the margin of safety, assuming sales total $60,000?
    c. What is the breakeven level in batteries, assuming variable costs increase by 20%?
    d. What is the breakeven level in batteries, assuming the selling price goes up by 10%, fixed manufacturing costs decline by 10%, and other fixed costs decline by $100?
  2. Royer Corporation gathered the following information:
    Variable costs$945,000
    Income tax rate40%
    Contribution-margin ratio30%
    Required:
    a. Compute total fixed costs assuming a breakeven volume in dollars of $1,350,000.
    b. Compute sales volume in dollars to produce an after-tax net income of $108,000.
  3. Furniture, Inc., sells lamps for $30. The unit variable cost per lamp is $22. Fixed costs total $9,600.
    Required:
    a. What is the contribution margin per lamp?
    b. What is the breakeven point in lamps?
    c. How many lamps must be sold to earn a pretax income of $8,000?
    d. What is the margin of safety, assuming 1,500 lamps are sold?
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