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If the margin of safety for Porter Company was 20 percent fixed costs were 600000 and variable costs were 70 percent of sales what was the amount of actual sales?

Break even sales - Fixed cost / contribution margin ratio Break even sales = 600000 / 0.3 = 2000000 Margin of safety = actual sales - breakeven sales Break even sales + margin of safety = Actual sales 2000000 + 0.2(actual sales) = Actual sales if actual sales = 1 then 2000000 + 0.2 = 1 2000000 = 0.8 actual sales actual sales = 2000000 / 0.8 actual sales = 2500000


How do you calculate the margin of safety?

total sales - breakeven= marginal of safety


Explain what a margin of safety is as well as how it can help minimize risk Use examples in your explanation?

Margin of safety is the difference between the intrinsic value of a stock and its market price. To have a margin of safety, one must manage one's financial needs thriftily.


Importance of Break Even Point and Margin of Safety?

Break even point is very important for decision making point of view because it helps the management in determining that how much number of units must be produced and sales to atleast earn so much to cover the cost of production and company at no profit no loss point. Margin of Safety: It helps the management to estimate that how much their estimated sales can be reduced to even achieve some kind of profit from production and sales or how much costs can increase to even then company at profit point and can survive loss position.


How does minimum wage and safety laws affect wages?

Minimum wage prevents companies from paying employees less than what they are worth, safety laws keeps these workers safeRead more http://www.kgbanswers.com/how-do-minimum-wage-and-safety-laws-affect-wages/21422709#ixzz2l4j2RJaK

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Profit margin formula?

Contribution of margin safety x margin of safety


If Hartman Co has fixed costs of 36000 and a contribution margin ration of 24 percent If expected sales are 200000 what is the margin of safety as a percent to sale?

First you need to find the break even sales. Break even sales = fixed expenses/ CM ratio Break even sales = 3600/.24 = 15,000 Then find the margin of safety dollars. margin of safety dollars = budgeted sales - break even sales margin of satefy dollars = 200,000 - 15,000 = 185,000 Then you can find the margin of safety percent Margin of safety percent = margin of safety dollars/ budgeted sales dollars margin of safey percent = 185,000/200,000 = 92.5%


The margin of safety is equal to?

a. sales-net operation incomeb. sales-(variable expenses/contribution margin)c. sales-(fixed expenses/contribution margin ratio)d. sales-(variable expenses + fixed expenses)


What is margin of safety ratio?

Margin of safety ratio = margin of safety/sales revenue


If the margin of safety for Porter Company was 20 percent fixed costs were 600000 and variable costs were 70 percent of sales what was the amount of actual sales?

Break even sales - Fixed cost / contribution margin ratio Break even sales = 600000 / 0.3 = 2000000 Margin of safety = actual sales - breakeven sales Break even sales + margin of safety = Actual sales 2000000 + 0.2(actual sales) = Actual sales if actual sales = 1 then 2000000 + 0.2 = 1 2000000 = 0.8 actual sales actual sales = 2000000 / 0.8 actual sales = 2500000


What is a margin of safety as well as how it can help minimize risk. Use examples in your explanation.?

Margin of safety is the difference between the intrinsic value of a stock and its market price. To have a margin of safety, one must manage one's financial needs thriftily.


How do you calculate the margin of safety?

total sales - breakeven= marginal of safety


Explain what a margin of safety is as well as how it can help minimize risk Use examples in your explanation?

Margin of safety is the difference between the intrinsic value of a stock and its market price. To have a margin of safety, one must manage one's financial needs thriftily.


What does it mean to have a margin of safety?

Time and Space


Can the margin of safety ever be negative?

yes it can be negative.


Standard margin of safety in pharmacy?

SSM = LD1/ED99 SSM = Standard Safety Margin LD1 = Lethal dose for 1% ED99 = Effective Dose for 99%


What are the release dates for Suspense - 1949 Margin for Safety 3-27?

Suspense - 1949 Margin for Safety 3-27 was released on: USA: 27 February 1951