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Down Jackets has three types of costs: jacket cost, factory rent cost, and utilities cost....

Down Jackets has three types of costs: jacket cost, factory rent cost, and utilities cost. This company sells its jackets for $16.50 each. Management has prepared the following estimated cost information for next month under two different sales levels.

 

At 10,000 Jackets

At 12,000 Jackets

Jacket cost

$80,000

$96,000

Rent cost

6,000

6,000

Utilities cost  

8,400

9,900

Required

1.Compute what the company should expect for total variable cost if 11,000 jackets are sold next month. (Hint: Use the high-low method to separate jacket and utilities costs into their variable and fixed components.)

2.Prepare its contribution margin statement for a monthly sales volume of 12,000 jackets.

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