Juanita is planning to make fancy, multi-tiered wedding cakes for the next wedding season. To make the cakes, she must invest $1000 in some special baking tools. To promote her business, she also needs to spend $2150 to advertise in the newspaper. She estimates that supplies and materials for each cake will cost $440. She is planning to set the price for each cake at $650. (a) Compute the contribution margin. (b) Compute the contribution rate (c) Compute the break-even point in units. (d) Compute the break-even point in sales dollars. (a) The contribution margin per unit is S Type a whole number.) (b) The contribution rate is%. (Round to two decimal places as needed.) (e) The break-even point is cakes. (Round up to the nearest unit.) (d) The break-even point in sales dollars is S (Type a whole number.)

Juanita is planning to make fancy, multi-tiered wedding cakes for the next wedding season. To make the cakes, she must invest $1000 in some special baking tools. To promote her business, she also needs to spend $2150 to advertise in the newspaper. She estimates that supplies and materials for each cake will cost $440. She is planning to set the price for each cake at $650. (a) Compute the contribution margin. (b) Compute the contribution rate (c) Compute the break-even point in units. (d) Compute the break-even point in sales dollars. (a) The contribution margin per unit is S Type a whole number.) (b) The contribution rate is%. (Round to two decimal places as needed.) (e) The break-even point is cakes. (Round up to the nearest unit.) (d) The break-even point in sales dollars is S (Type a whole number.)

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Chapter10: Short-term Decision Making

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