Answer:
Margin of safety in dollars is $91,000
Margin of safety as percentage of sales is 26%
Explanation:
Margin of safety can be defined as the amount of output or sales that a business can make before it reaches its breakeven point.
To calculate margin of safety in dollars
Margin of safety= Sales - Breakeven sales
Margin of safety= 350,000- 259,000
Margin of safety= $91,000
To calculate margin of safety as a percentage of sales, we use the following formula.
Margin of safety = (Sales- Breakeven point) ÷ Sales
Margin of safety = (350,000- 259,000)÷ 350,000
Margin of safety= 0.26= 26%
Answer:
1. Margin of Safety(MOS) expressed in dollars =91,000
2. Margin of Safety(MOS) expressed as percentage = 26% (to the nearest whole number)
Explanation:
The MARGIN OF SAFETY is applied as a measure of the difference between the actual sales and break-even sales.
In other words, to find Margin of Safety, you subtract break-even sales from the actual sales.
MOS is used to determine at which level sales can drop before a business incurs losses. It is a tool by which actual or budgeted sales may be decreased without resulting in any loss.
1. Formula for Margin of Safety(in dollars):
Margin of Safety(in dollars) = Actual/Budgeted Sales ➖ Break-even Sales
Where:
Actual Sales = $350,000
Break-even Sales = $259,000
➡ Margin of Safety(in dollars) = $350,000 ➖ $259,000 = 91,000(ans)
2. Formula for Margin of Safety (expressed as a percentage) = [(Actual/Budgeted Sales ➖ Break-even Sales) ➗ Actual/Budgeted Sales] ✖ 100%
Where:
Actual Sales = $350,000
Break-even Sales = $259,000
➡ Margin of Safety (in percentage) = [($350,000 ➖ $259,000) ➗ $350,000] ✖ 100%
= ($91,000 ➗ $350,000) ✖ 100%
= 0.26 ✖ 100% = 26%(ans).
