Text: Q3. Cost-Volume-Profit & Cost Behavior Analysis (25 marks)
Company C makes calculators that sell for $20 each. For the coming year, management expects fixed costs to total $220,000 and variable costs to be $9 per unit.
a) Calculate the break-even point in units.
b) Calculate the break-even point in dollars.
c) Calculate the margin of safety, assuming actual sales of $500,000.
d) Calculate the sales required in dollars to earn a net income of $165,000.
e) If the company has a higher operating leverage and sales are declining, what would be the impact on the company's net income? And if the sales are increasing, what would be the result on the net income?