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AccountingFinancial & Managerial AccountingContribution margin analysis — sales Select Audio Inc. sells electronic equipment. Management decided curly in the year to reduce the price of the speakers in order to increase sales volume. As a result, for the year ended December 31, the .sales increased by $31,875 from the planned level of $1,048,125. The following information is available from the accounting records for the year ended December 31. A. Prepare an analysis of the sales quantity and unit price factors. B. Did the price decrease generate sufficient volume to result in a net increase in contribution margin if the actual variable cost per unit was $10, as planned?
Contribution margin analysis — sales Select Audio Inc. sells electronic equipment. Management decided curly in the year to reduce the price of the speakers in order to increase sales volume. As a result, for the year ended December 31, the .sales increased by $31,875 from the planned level of $1,048,125. The following information is available from the accounting records for the year ended December 31. A. Prepare an analysis of the sales quantity and unit price factors. B. Did the price decrease generate sufficient volume to result in a net increase in contribution margin if the actual variable cost per unit was $10, as planned?
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Carl Warren + 2 others
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Contribution margin analysis — sales
Select Audio Inc. sells electronic equipment. Management decided curly in the year to reduce the price of the speakers in order to increase sales volume. As a result, for the year ended December 31, the .sales increased by $31,875 from the planned level of $1,048,125. The following information is available from the accounting records for the year ended December 31.
- A. Prepare an analysis of the sales quantity and unit price factors.
- B. Did the price decrease generate sufficient volume to result in a net increase in contribution margin if the actual variable cost per unit was $10, as planned?
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