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S7-1 (similar to) Question Help States including Charleston, Baltimore, and Alex

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Question

S7-1 (similar to) Question Help States including Charleston, Baltimore, and Alexandria. Dinner cruise tickets sell for S$80 per passenger. Luxury Cruiseline's variable cost of providing the dinner is $40 per passenger, and the fixed cost of operating the vessels a. What is the contribution margin per passenger? (depreciation, salaries, docking fees, and other expenses) is $240,000 per month. The company's relevant range b. What is the contribution margin ratio? extends to 13,000 monthly passengers. c. Use the unit contribution margin to project operating income if monthly sales total 10,000 passengers. d. Use the contribution margin ratio to project operating income if monthly sales revenue totals 5515,000 a. What is the contribution margin per passenger? First identify the formula, then compute the contribution margin per passenger. Contribution margin per passenger

Explanation / Answer

Answer to part 1

Dinner Cruise Ticket sells for

80

Variable Costs

40

Contribution Margin Per Passenger (80-40)

40

Answer to part 2

Dinner Cruise Ticket sells for

80

Variable Costs

40

Contribution Margin Per Passenger (80-40)

40

Contribution Margin ratio (40/80)*100

50%

Answer to part 3

Sales

10000*80

800000

Variable Costs

10000*40

400000

Contribution Margin

400000

Fixed Costs

24000

Operating Income

376000

Answer to part 4

Sales

515000

Variable Costs

515000-257500

257500

Contribution Margin

515000*50%

257500

Fixed Costs

24000

Operating Income

233500

Answer to part 1

Dinner Cruise Ticket sells for

80

Variable Costs

40

Contribution Margin Per Passenger (80-40)

40