Managerial Accounting (15th Edition)

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 007802563X
ISBN 13: 978-0-07802-563-1

Chapter 5 - Cost-Volume-Profit Relationships - The Foundational 15 - Required - Page 217: 13

Answer

The estimated percent increase in net operating income of a 5% increase in sales = 5 $\times$ 4 = 20 %

Work Step by Step

This degree of operating leverage shows that the Oslo Company’s net operating income grows four times as fast as its sales. Therefore, the estimated percent increase in net operating income as a result of a 5% increase in sales = 5 $\times$ 4 = 20 %
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