In this segment of our continuing cookie company case, you will classify the costs of the business
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In this segment of our continuing "cookie company" case, you will classify the costs of the business as variable, fixed, or mixed; use the high-low method to evaluate utility costs; and prepare a contribution margin income statement.
1. Review your cookie recipe and the overhead costs you identified in Chapter 19, and classify the costs as variable, fixed, or mixed costs.
2. Obtain your electric bills for three months, and use the high-low method's cost formula to determine the monthly cost of electricity-that is, monthly electric cost-variable rate per kilowatt-hour + monthly fixed cost. If you do not receive an electric bill, use the following information:
3. Prepare a daily contribution margin income statement based on the following assumptions: My Cookie Company makes only one kind of cookie and sells it for $1.00 per unit. The company projects sales of 500 units per day. Projected daily costs are as follows:
a. What is the contribution margin ratio? b. What volume, in terms of units, must the company sell to break even eachday?
Contribution Margin Contribution margin is an important element of cost volume profit analysis that managers carry out to assess the maximum number of units that are required to be at the breakeven point. Contribution margin is the profit before fixed cost and taxes...
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Month Kilowatt Hours Used August September October 1,439 1,866 1,146 Electric Costs $202 230 158 Type of Cost Variable Nonvariable Manufacturing $100 120 Nonmanufacturing S50 60
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