Cost Accounting (15th Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0133428702
ISBN 13: 978-0-13342-870-4

Chapter 3 - Cost-Volume-Profit Relationships - Assignment Material - Exercises - Page 94: 3-19(1)

Answer

3-19(1) Revised Contribution margin (W-1) 2,775,000 Less: Fixed Costs (2,100,000) Budgeted operating income 675,000 Original budget operating income (10,400,000 - 7,900,000 - 2,100,000) 400,000 Increase in Operating Income (675,000 - 400,000) 275,000 An 11% increase in contribution margin will cause operating income to increase by USD 275,000 as calculated above.

Work Step by Step

(W-1) Original contribution margin (10,400,000 - 7,900,000) = 2,500,000 Revised Contribution margin (2,500,000 × 1.11) = 2,775,000
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