Question

A cement manufacturer has supplied the following data:

Tons of cement produced and sold 235,000
Sales revenue $1,010,500
Variable manufacturing expense $416,000
Fixed manufacturing expense $275,000
Variable selling and administrative expense $54,000
Fixed selling and administrative expense $215,000
Net operating income $50,500

Required:
What is the company's unit contribution margin?

Answer 1

$2.3 per unit

Step-by-step explanation:

Calculation for company's unit contribution margin

First step is to calculate the Contribution margin using this formula

Contribution margin = Sales revenue - Variable manufacturing expenses - Variable selling and administrative expenses

Let plug in the formula

Contribution margin = $1,010,500 - $416,000 - $54,000

Contribution margin = $540,500

Now let calculate the Contribution margin per unit using this formula

Contribution margin per unit = Contribution margin / Cement tons

Contribution margin per unit = $540,500 / 235,000

Contribution margin per unit =$2.3 per unit.

Therefore company's unit contribution margin is $2.3 per unit