Exam 19: Cost Behavior and Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis

Given the following costs and activities for Downing Company electrical costs, use the high-low method to calculate Downing's variable electrical costs per machine hour.

A business had a margin of safety ratio of 20%, variable costs of 75% of sales, fixed costs of $240,000, a break-even point of $960,000, and operating income of $60,000 for the current year. Calculate the current year's sales.

Racer Industries has fixed costs of $900,000. Selling price per unit is $250 and variable cost per unit is $130. Required: a. How many units must Racer sell in order to break even? b. How many units must Racer sell in order to earn a profit of $480,000? c. A new employee suggests that Racer Industries sponsor a company 10-K as a form of advertising. The cost to sponsor the event is $7,200. How many more units must be sold to cover this cost?

Which of the graphs in Figure 20-1 illustrates the behavior of a total variable cost?

The relevant range is useful for analyzing cost behavior for management decision-making purposes.

The Dean Company has sales of $500,000, and the break-even point in sales dollars of $300,000. Determine the company's margin of safety percentage.

Copper Hill Inc. manufactures laser printers within a relevant range of production of 70,000 to 100,000 printers per year. The following partially completed manufacturing cost schedule has been prepared: Complete the preceding cost schedule, identifying each cost by the appropriate letter (a) through (o).

Which of the following describes the behavior of the variable cost per unit?

Mia Enterprises sells a product for $90 per unit. The variable cost is $40 per unit, while fixed costs are $75,000. Determine the (a) break-even point in sales units, and (b) break-even point in sales units if the selling price increased to $100 per unit.

Penny Company sells 25,000 units at $59 per unit. Variable costs are $29 per unit, and loss from operations is ($50,000). Determine the (a) unit contribution margin (b) contribution margin ratio, and (c) fixed costs per unit at production of 25,000 units.

If fixed costs are $400,000, the unit selling price is $25, and the unit variable costs are $15, what is the break-even sales (units) if the variable costs are increased by $2?

If sales are $914,000, variable costs are $498,130, and operating income is $260,000, what is the contribution margin ratio?

Louis Company sells a single product at a price of $65 per unit. Variable costs per unit are $45 and total fixed costs are $625,500. Louis is considering the purchase of a new piece of equipment that would increase the fixed costs to $800,000, but decrease the variable costs per unit to $42. Required: If Louis Company expects to sell 44,000 units next year, should they purchase this new equipment?

Harold Corporation just started business in January 2012. They had no beginning inventories. During 2012 they manufactured 12,000 units of product, and sold 10,000 units. The selling price of each unit was $20. Variable manufacturing costs were $4 per unit, and variable selling and administrative costs were $2 per unit. Fixed manufacturing costs were $24,000 and fixed selling and administrative costs were $6,000. What would be the difference in Harold Corporation's Net income for 2012 if they used variable costing instead of absorption costing?

Variable costs as a percentage of sales for Lemon Inc. are 80%, current sales are $600,000, and fixed costs are $130,000. How much will operating income change if sales increase by $40,000?