ECONOMICS

COST ACCOUNTING

COST VOLUME PROFIT ANALYSIS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The current sales price for Jameela Company is RM16 per unit and variable cost is RM8 per unit. The total fixed cost for the year is RM125, 000 and the targeted profit is RM35, 000. What is the total units sales for Jameela Company if they want to achieve the target profit, considering the increase in sales price by RM1.50 and the decrease in variable cost by RM2?
A
13, 609 units
B
14, 548 units
C
15, 765 units
D
13, 913 units
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -First, add up all of your production costs. Make sure to be clear about which costs are fixed and which ones are variable. Take your total cost of production and subtract your variable costs multiplied by the number of units you produced.

Detailed explanation-2: -Variable Cost Formula. To calculate variable costs, multiply what it costs to make one unit of your product by the total number of products you’ve created. This formula looks like this: Total Variable Costs = Cost Per Unit x Total Number of Units.

Detailed explanation-3: -The contribution margin is computed as the selling price per unit, minus the variable cost per unit. Also known as dollar contribution per unit, the measure indicates how a particular product contributes to the overall profit of the company.

Detailed explanation-4: -The variable cost ratio is a cost accounting tool used to express a company’s variable production costs as a percentage of its net sales. The ratio is calculated by dividing the variable costs by the net revenues of the company.

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