Question

At its $60 selling price, Atlantic Company has sales of $15,000, variable manufacturing costs of $4,000, fixed manufacturing costs of $1,000, variable selling and administrative costs of $2,000 and fixed selling and administrative costs of $1,000. What is the company's contribution margin per unit?a. $26b. $28c. $44d. $36

Answer 1

$28

Step-by-step explanation:

Step 1:

If a company sells a product at $60 each and makes a sale of $15,000, the number of units of items produced is

$15,000 ÷ $60 = 250 units.

Step 2:

To calculate the company's contribution margin per unit,

we have, (unit selling prices - unit production cost)

unit selling price is #60

unit cost of production is (total cost of prodcution ÷ number of units)

total cost of production is $4,000+ $1,000+ $2,000+ $1,000 = $8000

Unit cost of production is $8000 ÷ 250 = $32

i.e it takes $32 to manufacture 1 product.

Contribution margin = $60 - $32

= $28

∴ the contribution margin is $28.

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