Management accountants can use the following table to perform a sensitivity analysis, evaluating the companys changing profitability

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Management accountants can use the following table to perform a sensitivity analysis, evaluating the company’s changing profitability based on two important inputs: (1) the level of total fixed costs and (2) the sales price of the product. Note that the analysis varies the sales price from $35 to $53 (as shown in the columns) and the fixed costs from $500 to $3,000 (as shown in the rows). Total sales are constant at 300 units and the variable costs are constant at $20 per unit. The colored columns are the total profits based on the changing input parameters.image



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a. As sales price increases, what happens to the estimated profitability?


b. As total fixed costs increase, what happens to the estimated profitability?


c. If the sales price is $53 and total fixed costs are $3,000, what is the estimated profitability?


d. If the sales price is $45 and total fixed costs are $500, what is the estimated profitability?

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Introduction To Business Analytics

ISBN: 9781265454340

1st Edition

Authors: Vernon Richardson, Marcia Watson

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