ACC 406 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Contribution Margin, Fixed Cost, Variable Cost

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How do fixed costs relate to the variable cost ratio and contribution margin ratio: since the total contribution margin is the revenue remaining after total variable costs are covered, it must be the revenue available to cover fixed costs and contribute to profit, there are three possibilities: fixed cost can equal contribution margin; fixed cost can be less than contribution margin; or fixed cost can be greater than contribution margin. Units/ actual unit sales: managers who face a low margin of safety may wish to consider actions to lower their break even point, which would increase the margin of safety and lower the risk of incurring losses, operating leverage: is the use of fixed costs to extract higher percentage changes in profits as sales activity changes, degree of operating leverage: can be measured for a given level of sales by taking the ratio of contribution margin to operating income, degree of operating leverage= contribution margin/

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