1. Calculate Cove’s new break-even point under each of the following independent scenarios: d. Sales price decreases by $0.50 per cake.   2. Assume that Cove sold 480 cakes last month. Calculate the company’s degree of operating leverage. 3. Using the degree of operating leverage, calculate the change in profit caused by a 12 percent increase in sales revenue.

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Cove’s Cakes is a local bakery. Price and cost information follows:
 

       
Price per cake $ 13.71  
Variable cost per cake      
Ingredients   2.23  
Direct labor   1.04  
Overhead (box, etc.)   0.17  
Fixed cost per month $ 4,724.20  
 

 

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1. Calculate Cove’s new break-even point under each of the following independent scenarios:

d. Sales price decreases by $0.50 per cake.

 

2. Assume that Cove sold 480 cakes last month. Calculate the company’s degree of operating leverage.

3. Using the degree of operating leverage, calculate the change in profit caused by a 12 percent increase in sales revenue.

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