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per room Salaries $8,500 per month Utilities 2,700 per month Depreciation 1,500

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Salaries $8,500 per month Utilities 2,700 per month Depreciation 1,500 per month Maintenance 800 per month Maid service 7 per room Other costs 31

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Exercise 19-1 The Soma Inn is trying to determine its break-even point. The inn has 75 rooms that are rented at $56 a night. Operating costs are as follows. Salaries Utilities Depreciation Maintenance Maid service Other costs $8,500 per month 2,700 per month 1,500 per month 800 per month 7 per room 31 per room Your answer is partially correct. Try again Determine the inn's break-even point in (1) number of rented rooms per month and (2) dollars. 1. Break-even point in rooms 750 2. Break-even point 27551 LINK TO TEXT ?Your answer is incorrect. Try again. If the inn plans on renting an average of 50 rooms per day (assuming a 30-day month), what is (1) the monthly margin of safety in dollars and (2) the margin of safety ratio? (Round ratio to O decimal places, e.g. 10.) 1. Margin of safety 56449 2. Margin of safety ratio LINK TO TEXT

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Rent per room

$                       56.00

Variable costs per room:

Maid Service

$                          7.00

Other costs

$                       31.00

Total variable cost per room

$                       38.00

Total contribution margin per room

$                       18.00

Salaries

$                 8,500.00

Utilities

$                 2,700.00

Depreciation

$                 1,500.00

Maintenance

$                     800.00

TOTAL Fixed Costs

$               13,500.00

A

TOTAL Fixed Costs

$               13,500.00

B

Total contribution margin per room

18

C = A / B

Break Even point in room

750

D

Rent per room

$                       56.00

E = C x D

Break Even point in $

$               42,000.00

A

Rooms rented per month

1500

B [Calculated above]

Break Even point in room

750

C =A - B

Margin of Safety in rooms rented

750

D

Rent per room

$                       56.00

E= C x D

Margin of Safety in $

$               42,000.00

F = A x D

Total Revenue from rooms rented

$               84,000.00

G = (E/F) x 100

Margin of Safety ratio

50%

Rent per room

$                       56.00

Variable costs per room:

Maid Service

$                          7.00

Other costs

$                       31.00

Total variable cost per room

$                       38.00

Total contribution margin per room

$                       18.00