Sherpa Manufacturing has the following income statement for 6,000 units:
Sales $600,000
Variable costs 360,000
Contribution margin 240,000
Fixed costs 80,000
Net income $160,000
(a) At what sales volume (in sales dollars) does Sherpa break even?
(b) At what sales volume (in units) does Sherpa break even?
(c) Given the income statement above, compute the margin of safety.
(d) What level of sales volume must be attained to reach net income of $200,000?