1. Orlando Company management predicts that it will incur fixed costs of $250,000 and earn pretax income of $350,000 in the next period. Its expected contribution margin ratio is 60%. Use this information to compute the amounts of (1) total dollar sales and (2) total variable costs.
2. Use the following information about sales and costs to prepare a scatter diagram. Draw a cost line that reflects the behavior displayed by this cost. Determine whether the cost is variable, step wise, fixed, mixed, or curvilinear.
|
Period |
Sales |
Costs |
Period |
Sales |
Costs |
|
1 |
$760 |
$590 |
9 |
$580 |
$390 |
|
2 |
800 |
560 |
10 |
320 |
240 |
|
3 |
200 |
230 |
11 |
240 |
230 |
|
4 |
400 |
400 |
12 |
720 |
550 |
|
5 |
480 |
390 |
13 |
280 |
260 |
|
6 |
620 |
550 |
14 |
440 |
410 |
|
7 |
680 |
590 |
15 |
380 |
260 |
|
8 |
540 |
430 |
|
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