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Carbex, Inc., produces cutlery sets out of high-quality wood andsteel. The company makes a Standard set and a Deluxe set and sellsthem to retail department stores throughout the country. TheStandard set sells for $88, and the Deluxe set sells for $103. Thevariable expenses associated with each set are given below.

StandardDeluxe
Variable production costs$29.00$44.00
Sales commissions (29% of sales price)$25.52$29.87

The company’s fixed expenses each month are:

Advertising$119,000
Depreciation$25,900
Administrative$70,000

Mary Parsons, the financial vice president, watches salescommissions carefully and has noted that they have risen steadilyover the last year. For this reason, she was shocked to find thateven though sales have increased, profits for the currentmonth—May—are down substantially from April. Sales, in sets, forthe last two months are given below:

StandardDeluxeTotal
April5,4003,4008,800
May2,4006,4008,800

Required:

1-a. Prepare contribution format income statement for April.

1-b. Prepare contribution format income statement for May.

3-a. Compute the break-even point in dollar sales for April.

3-b. Would the break-even point in May be higher or lower thanthe break-even point in April?

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1a)

CONTRIBUTION INCOME STATEMENT FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL
Standard % Deluxe % Total %
Sales $ 475,200.00 100.00% $ 350,200.00 100% $ 825,400.00 100.00%
Variable Cost $ 294,408.00 61.95% $ 251,158.00 71.72% $ 545,566.00 66.10%
Contribution Margin $ 180,792.00 38.05% $    99,042.00 28.28% $ 279,834.00 33.90%
Fixed Cost $ 214,900.00
Operating Income $    64,934.00

1b)

CONTRIBUTION INCOME STATEMENT FOR THE MONTH OF MAY
Standard % Deluxe % Total %
Sales $ 211,200.00 100.00% $ 659,200.00 100% $ 870,400.00 100.00%
Variable Cost $ 130,848.00 61.95% $ 472,768.00 71.72% $ 603,616.00 69.35%
Contribution Margin $    80,352.00 38.05% $ 186,432.00 28.28% $ 266,784.00 30.65%
Fixed Cost $ 214,900.00
Operating Income $    51,884.00

3a) Break even sales in dollars= Fixed cost/Contribution Margin ratio

=214,900/33.90%

=633,870.29

3b)Break even point for the month of may will be higher than the April as contribution margin in may is lower than the April


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