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EXERCISE 58 Compute the Margin of Safety LO57 Molander Corporation is a distributor of a sun umbrella used at resort hotels. Data concerning the next months budget appear below:

Selling price per unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $30

Variable expense per unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20

Fixed expense per month . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,500

Unit sales per month. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000

Required: 1. What is the companys margin of safety? 2. What is the companys margin of safety as a percentage of its sales?

EXERCISE 515 Operating Leverage LO51, LO58 Magic Realm, Inc., has developed a new fantasy board game. The company sold 15,000 games last year at a selling price of $20 per game. Fixed expenses associated with the game total $182,000 per year, and variable expenses are $6 per game. Production of the game is entrusted to a printing contractor. Variable expenses consist mostly of payments to this contractor.

Required:

1. Prepare a contribution format income statement for the game last year and compute the degree of operating leverage.

2. Management is confident that the company can sell 18,000 games next year (an increase of 3,000 games, or 20%, over last year). Given this assumption:

a. What is the expected percentage increase in net operating income for next year?

b. What is the expected amount of net operating income for next year? (Do not prepare an income statement; use the degree of operating leverage to compute your answer.)