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Mossfeet Shoe Corporation is a single product firm. The company is predicting that a price increase next year will not cause unit sales to decrease. What effect would this price increase have on the following items for next year? Contribution Margin Ratio Break-even Point A) Increase Decrease B) Decrease Decrease C) Increase No effect D) Decrease No effect

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Answer:

A) Increase Decrease

Explanation:

Contribution refers to excess of sales revenue over variable cost, mathematically expressed as;

Contribution = Sales - Variable Cost

Contribution Margin ratio(CMR) is given by

CMR = Contribution/Sales

The ratio is expressed in percentage and higher the ratio, better it is for a firm.

Breakeven Point(BEP) refers to that level of sales (in value or in units) at which there is no profit or loss.  It is expressed as;

BEP = Fixed Cost/ Contribution per unit or also as Fixed cost/contribution margin ratio.

In the given case, price increase will not diminish sales. This means Contribution Margin ratio shall increase as sales price per unit has increased with units sold remaining the same. Owing to this, contribution shall increase which shall increase contribution margin ratio.

Similarly, the point of indifference i.e break even point will decrease as with increase in sales value, contribution per unit shall increase which shall cover fixed costs quicker than before.

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