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Margin of safety in% .

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  • March 3, 2016 at 9:09 pm #303314
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    Variable cost per unit- $12
    C/S ratio- 40%
    Fixed cost – $80,000
    Budgeting sales production – 12,000 units

    can you help me with the math working ?

    Thanks.

    March 4, 2016 at 7:17 am #303364
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    The selling price is 12 / (1 – 0.4) = $20 per unit.

    The breakeven sales revenue = 80,000/0.4 = $200,000.
    The breakeven sales units = 200,000 / 20 = 10,000

    The margin of safety = (12,000 – 10,000) / 12,000 = 16.67%

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