If a firm sustains the same level of operations in terms of sales and administrative expenses, but reduces its materials cost by $50,000 through smarter purchases, what is the profit-leverage effect on profits before taxes expressed as a dollar value?

Molander corporation is a distributor of a sun umbrella used at resort hotels. data concerning the next month’s budget appear below: selling price per unit $ 29 variable expense per unit $ 14 fixed expense per month $ 12,450 unit sales per month 980 required: 1. what is the company’s margin of safety? (do not round intermediate calculations.) 2. what is the company’s margin of safety as a percentage of its sales? (round your percentage answer to 2 decimal places (i.e. 0.1234 should be entered as 12.

Reliability and validity reliability and validity are two important considerations that must be made with any type of data collection. reliability refers to the ability to consistently produce a given result. in the context of psychological research, this would mean that any instruments or tools used to collect data do so in consistent, reproducible ways. unfortunately, being consistent in measurement does not necessarily mean that you have measured something correctly. to illustrate this concept, consider a kitchen scale that would be used to measure the weight of cereal that you eat in the morning. if the scale is not properly calibrated, it may consistently under- or overestimate the amount of cereal that’s being measured. while the scale is highly reliable in producing consistent results (e.g., the same amount of cereal poured onto the scale produces the same reading each time), those results are incorrect. this is where validity comes into play. validity refers to the extent to which a given instrument or tool accurately measures what it’s supposed to measure. while any valid measure is by necessity reliable, the reverse is not necessarily true. researchers strive to use instruments that are both highly reliable and valid.

As sales exceed the break‑even point, a high contribution‑margin percentage (a) increases profits faster than does a low contribution-margin percentage (b) increases profits at the same rate as a low contribution-margin percentage (c) decreases profits at the same rate as a low contribution-margin percentage (d) increases profits slower than does a low contribution-margin percentage