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Mathias Corporation manufactures and sells wire rakes. The rakes sell for $16 each. Inform...

Mathias Corporation manufactures and sells wire rakes. The rakes sell for $16 each. Information about the company’s costs is as follows:

Variable manufacturing cost per unit

$8

Variable selling and administrative cost per unit

4

Fixed manufacturing overhead per month

$150,000

Fixed selling and administrative cost per month.

350,000

a.    Determine the company’s monthly break-even point in units.


b.   Determine the sales volume (in dollars) required for a monthly operating income of $100,000.


c.     Compute the company’s margin of safety if its current monthly sales level is $3,800,000.


d.     Estimate the amount by which monthly operating income will increase if the company anticipates a $200,000 increase in monthly sales volume.

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