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The following is Caterpillar Corporation\'s contribution format income statement

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Question

The following is Caterpillar Corporation's contribution format income statement for last month

Total

Per Unit

Sales.......................................

$1,200,000

Direct materials.....................

$340,000

Direct labor (variable)............

$350,000

Manufacturing overhead:

Variable............................

$110,000

Fixed.................................

$155,600

Selling & administrative:

Variable............................

$140,000

Fixed.................................

$96,756

The company has no beginning or ending inventories, and produced and sold 25,000 units during the month.

Required: Show Calculations

1. Unit contribution margin.

2. Compute the unit and dollar sales needed in order to earn a net operating income of $175,000 (round to nearest whole dollar.):

3. If variable selling costs increase by $1 per unit, and if fixed selling and administrative expenses decrease by 10%, determine the new break-even point in units (round to nearest whole unit.):

4. Calculate the company's degree of operating leverage.

5. Unit contribution margin ratio

Total

Per Unit

Sales.......................................

$1,200,000

Direct materials.....................

$340,000

Direct labor (variable)............

$350,000

Manufacturing overhead:

Variable............................

$110,000

Fixed.................................

$155,600

Selling & administrative:

Variable............................

$140,000

Fixed.................................

$96,756

Explanation / Answer

1.

2.

                         41,091.92

41092*48=$197,242

3

4 & 5

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Variable-costing income statement Detail Units Per unit($) Total Selling Price   1    25,000 48      1,200,000 Variable Cost   2    25,000 37.6        940,000 Contribution Margin 3(2-1) 10.4        260,000