PowerTrain Sports Inc. manufactures and sells two styles of All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs), the Mountain...

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PowerTrain Sports Inc. manufactures and sells two styles of All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs), the Mountain Monster and Desert Dragon, from a single manufacturing facility. The manufacturing facility operates at 100% of capacity. The following per-unit information is available for the two products:

1

Mountain Monster

Desert Dragon

2

Sales price

$5,400.00

$5,225.00

3

Variable cost of goods sold

3,290.00

3,500.00

4

Manufacturing margin

$2,110.00

$1,725.00

5

Variable selling expenses

1,030.00

889.00

6

Contribution margin

$1,080.00

$836.00

7

Fixed expenses

475.00

315.00

8

Income from operations

$605.00

$521.00

In addition, the following sales unit volume information for the period is as follows:

Mountain Monster

Desert Dragon

Sales unit volume 5,200 5,050

Required:

a.

Prepare a contribution margin by product report. Calculate the contribution margin ratio for each. Refer to the Amount Descriptions list provided for the exact wording of the answer choices for text entries.

Amount Descriptions
Contribution margin
Contribution margin ratio
Cost of goods sold
Fixed expenses
Gross profit
Manufacturing margin
Revenues
Variable cost of goods sold
Variable selling expense
b.

What advice would you give to the management of PowerTrain Sports Inc. regarding the relative profitability of the two products?

The Mountain Monster line provides the ( large, smaller, or same ) total contribution margin and the ( large, smaller, or same ) contribution margin ratio. If the sales mix were shifted more toward the ( Mountain Monster or Dessert Dragon ) line, the overall profitability of the company would increase.

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