Menlo Company distributes a single product. The companys sales and expenses for last month follow:...

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Menlo Company distributes a single product. The companys sales and expenses for last month follow:

Total Per Unit

Sales $ 620,000 $ 40

Variable expenses 434,000 28

Contribution margin 186,000 $ 12

Fixed expenses 144,000

Net operating income $ 42,000

	Total	Per Unit
Sales	$ 620,000	$ 40
Variable expenses	434,000	28
Contribution margin	186,000	$ 12
Fixed expenses	144,000
Net operating income	$ 42,000

Required:

1. What is the monthly break-even point in unit sales and in dollar sales?

2. Without resorting to computations, what is the total contribution margin at the break-even point?

3-a. How many units would have to be sold each month to attain a target profit of $75,600?

3-b. Verify your answer by preparing a contribution format income statement at the target sales level.

4. Refer to the original data. Compute the company's margin of safety in dollar and percentage terms.

5. What is the companys CM ratio? If the company can sell more units, thereby increasing sales by $74,000 per month, and there is no change in fixed expenses, by how much would you expect monthly net operating income to increase?

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