Managerial Accounting (15th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 007802563X
ISBN 13: 978-0-07802-563-1

Chapter 5 - Cost-Volume-Profit Relationships - Exercises - Page 219: Exercise 5-8

Answer

(a) 7500 (b) 25%

Work Step by Step

a. Margin of safety value =$(Sales Unit \times Price Per Unit)-( \frac{Fixed Cost}{Price Per Unit - Variable Cost Per Unit} \times Price Per Unit) = (1000\times 30) - (\frac{7500}{30-20} \times30) =7500$ b. Margin of Safety Percentage = $\frac{Margin of Safety Value}{ Total Sales Value}\times100 = \frac{7500}{1000\times30}\times100=25%$
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