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lo 3.5fire company is a service firm with current service revenue of $900,000 and a 40% contribution margin. its fixed costs are $200,000. ice company has current sales of $420,000 and a 30% contribution margin. its fixed costs are $90,000.

what is the margin of safety for fire and ice?
compare the margin of safety in dollars between the two companies. which is stronger?
compare the margin of safety in percentage between the two companies. now which one is stronger?
compute the degree of operating leverage for both companies. which company will benefit most from a 10% increase in sales? explain why. illustrate your findings in an income statement that is increased by 10%.

After the price floor is instituted, the chairman of productions office buys up any barrels of gosum berries that the producers are not able to sell. with the price floor, the producers sell 300 barrels per month to consumers, but the producers, at this high price floor, produce 700 barrels per month. how much producer surplus is created with the price floor? show your calculations.

Consider the following three bond quotes; a treasury note quoted at 87.25, and a corporate bond quoted at 102.42, and a municipal bond quoted at 101.45. if the treasury and corporate bonds have a par value of $1,000 and the municipal bond has a par value of $5,000, what is the price of these three bonds in dollars? multiple choice $872.50, $1,000, $1,000, respectively $1,000, $1,024.20, $1,001.45, respectively $872.50, $1,024.20, $5,072.50, respectively $1,000, $1,000, $1,000, respectively

Selected information about income statement accounts for the reed company is presented below (the company's fiscal year ends on december 31): 2018 2017sales $ 4,400,000 $ 3,500,000cost of goods sold 2,860,000 2,000,000administrative expenses 800,000 675,000selling expenses 360,000 312,000interest revenue 150,000 140,000interest expense 200,000 200,000loss on sale of assets of discontinued component 50,000 —on july 1, 2018, the company adopted a plan to discontinue a division that qualifies as a component of an entity as defined by gaap. the assets of the component were sold on september 30, 2018, for $50,000 less than their book value. results of operations for the component (included in the above account balances) were as follows: 1/1/18-9/30/18 2017 sales $ 400,000 $ 500,000 cost of goods sold (290,000 ) (320,000 )administrative expenses (50,000 ) (40,000 )selling expenses (20,000 ) (30,000 )operating income before taxes $ 40,000 $ 110,000 in addition to the account balances above, several events occurred during 2018 that have not yet been reflected in the above accounts: a fire caused $50,000 in uninsured damages to the main office building. the fire was considered to be an infrequent but not unusual event. inventory that had cost $40,000 had become obsolete because a competitor introduced a better product. the inventory was sold as scrap for $5,000.income taxes have not yet been recorded. required: prepare a multiple-step income statement for the reed company for 2018, showing 2017 information in comparative format, including income taxes computed at 40% and eps disclosures assuming 300,000 shares of common stock. (amounts to be deducted should be indicated with a minus sign. round eps answers to 2 decimal places.)