EBK CONTEMPORARY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Author: MOYER
Publisher: CENGAGE LEARNING - CONSIGNMENT
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Chapter 14.A, Problem 1QTD
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To discuss: The way in which construct a linear breakeven chart if a company’s variable cost per unit, selling price and fixed costs are known.
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Which of the following would lead to the breakeven point of a product shifting to the left on a traditional breakeven chart?
A An increase in the selling price per unit
B An increase in the variable costs of each unit
C An increase in the level of fixed costs
D A decrease in the selling price per unit
Which of the following is not an assumption underlying cost-volume-profit analysis?a. The sales mix is constant.b. The break-even point will be passed during the period.c. Total sales and total costs can be represented by straight lines.d. Costs can be accurately divided into fixed and variable components.
Which of the following is not an assumption underlying cost-volume-profit analysis?
a.The break-even point will be passed during the period.
b.Total sales and total costs can be represented by straight lines.
c.Costs can be accurately divided into fixed and variable components.
d.The sales mix is constant.
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EBK CONTEMPORARY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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- Define price elasticity of demand. Give an example of a product with relatively elastic demand and an example of a product with relatively inelastic demand. (Give examples not given in the text.)arrow_forwardIn order to draw a basic break-even chart, which of the following information would you not require? Selling price Margin of safety Variable cost per unit Fixed costarrow_forwardWhich of the following describes the behavior of the fixed cost per unit? Group of answer choices remains constant with changes in production decreases with increasing production increases with increasing production decreases with decreasing productionarrow_forward
- If only the selling price per unit of a product increases (variable cost per unit and total fixed costs do not change), does the breakeven point increase or decrease? Using Break Even Analysis, provide a unique mathematical example to support youarrow_forwardDescribe how total variable costs and unit variable costs behave with changes in the level of activity. Describe how total fixed costs and unit fixed costs behave with changes in the level of activity. In applying the high-low method of cost estimation to mixed costs, how is the total fixed cost estimated? How does the sales mix affect the calculation of the break-even point? Cite and give credit to the author that you are citing.arrow_forwardOperating leverage predicts the effects of a given fixed cost on operating income when: Group of answer choices No sales discounts are allowed Sales volume changes Production volume changes Variable costs changearrow_forward
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