f. How many baseballs must the company sell if it desires to earn $657,600 in pretax profit? Answer   baseballs g. If the company wants to earn $450,000 after tax and is subject to a 40 percent tax rate, how many baseballs must be sold? Answer   baseballs h. How many baseballs would the company need to sell to break even if its fixed cost increased by $30,000? (Use original data.) Answer

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Beantown Baseball Company makes baseballs that sell for $13 per two-pack. Current annual production and sales are 576,000 baseballs. Costs for each baseball are as follows:

Direct material $2.00
Direct labor 1.25
Variable overhead 0.50
Variable selling expenses 0.25
Total variable cost $4.00
Total fixed overhead $750,000

a. Calculate the unit contribution margin in dollars and the contribution margin ratio for the company.
Note: Round percentage to two decimal places (for example, round 32.5555% to 32.56%).
Unit contribution margin in dollars $Answer

 


Contribution margin ratio Answer

 

%

b. Determine the break-even point in number of baseballs. Answer

 



c. Calculate the dollar break-even point using the contribution margin ratio.
Note: Round amount to the nearest whole dollar.
$Answer

 



d. Determine the company’s margin of safety in number of baseballs, in sales dollars, and as a percentage.
Note: Round margin of safety percentage to two decimal places (for example, round 32.555% to 32.56%).
Margin of safety in baseballs: Answer

 


Margin of safety in dollars: $Answer

 


Margin of safety percentage: Answer

 

%

e. (1) Compute the company’s degree of operating leverage.
Note: Round amount to two decimal places (for example, round 32.555 to 32.56).
Degree of operating leverage Answer

 


(2) If sales increase by 30 percent, by what percentage would pre-tax income increase?
Note: Round to the nearest whole percentage point (for example, round 24.5% to 25%).
Percentage increase in pre-tax income Answer

 

%

f. How many baseballs must the company sell if it desires to earn $657,600 in pretax profit? Answer

 

baseballs

g. If the company wants to earn $450,000 after tax and is subject to a 40 percent tax rate, how many baseballs must be sold? Answer

 

baseballs

h. How many baseballs would the company need to sell to break even if its fixed cost increased by $30,000? (Use original data.) Answer

 

baseballs

i. Beantown Baseball Company has received an offer to provide a one-time sale of 12,000 baseballs at $8.80 per two-pack to the Lowell Spinners. This sale would not affect other sales, nor would the cost of those sales change. However, the variable cost of the additional units would increase by $0.20 for shipping, and fixed cost would increase by $3,600. Based solely on financial information, should the company accept this offer?
Note: Do not use a negative sign with your answer.
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The total contribution margin is the amount of money received after deducting the variable costs from the sales revenue. It can be divided by the number of units in order to compute the contribution margin per unit which is considered at the time of decision making.

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