Clockworks Co. reports the following data for the current year:Units sold…………………………………………1,200Unit sales price……………………………………$30Unit variable cost…………………………………$10Total fixed cost……………………………………$18,000Required:(a) Calculate Clockworks' pretax income.(b) Calculate Clockworks' degree of operating leverage.

What will be an ideal response?


(a)

Sales (1,200 units ? $30 each)……………………$36,000
Variable costs (1,200 ? $10)………………………(12,000)
Contribution margin………………………………$24,000
Fixed costs…………………………………………(18,000)
Income before taxes………………………………$ 6,000

(b) Degree of operating leverage = $24,000/$6,000 = 4

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