Menlo Company distributes a single product. The company’s sales and expenses for last month follow:  Total Sales P450,000 Variable expenses 180,000 Contribution margin 270,000 Fixed expenses 216,000 Net operating income P 54,000 Units sold is 15,000 units Required:         a. What is the break-even point in units sold and in sales dollars?          b. Without resorting to computations, what is the total contribution margin at the break-even point?         c. How many units would have to be sold each month to earn a target profit of P90,000? Verify your answer by preparing a contribution format income statement at the target sales level.         d. Refer to the original data. Compute the company’s margin of safety in both dollar and percentage terms.

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Menlo Company distributes a single product. The company’s sales and expenses for last month follow:

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Sales P450,000

Variable expenses 180,000

Contribution margin 270,000

Fixed expenses 216,000

Net operating income P 54,000

Units sold is 15,000 units

Required:

        a. What is the break-even point in units sold and in sales dollars?

         b. Without resorting to computations, what is the total contribution margin at the break-even point?

        c. How many units would have to be sold each month to earn a target profit of P90,000? Verify your answer by preparing a contribution format income statement at the target sales level.

        d. Refer to the original data. Compute the company’s margin of safety in both dollar and percentage terms.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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