Company has fixed expenses of Kshs. 90,000 with sales at Kshs. 300,000 and a profit of Kshs. 60,000. Calculate the Profit – Volume ratio. If...

      

(a) Company has fixed expenses of Kshs. 90,000 with sales at Kshs. 300,000 and a profit of Kshs. 60,000. Calculate the Profit – Volume ratio. If in the next period, the company suffered a loss of Kshs. 30,000. Calculate the sales Volume.
(b) What is the margin of safety for a profit of Kshs. 60,000 in (a) above?

  

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Wilfykil answered the question on April 15, 2019 at 11:23

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