Horngren's Financial & Managerial Accounting, The Managerial Chapters (6th Edition)
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Chapter 21, Problem 36BP
Divine Pool Cleaning Service provides pool cleaning services to residential customers. The company has three employees, each assigned to specific customers. The company considers each employee’s territory as a business segment. The company incurs variable costs that include the employees’ wages, pool chemicals, and gas for the service vans. Fixed costs include depreciation on the service vans. Following is the income statement for the month of August:
Requirements
- 1. Calculate the contribution margin ratio for each business segment.
- 2. The business segments had the following number of customers: Byson, 80; Moore, 50; and Freeman, 110. Compute the service revenue per customer, variable cost per customer, and contribution margin per customer for each business segment.
- 3. Which business segment was most profitable? List some possible reasons why this segment was most profitable. How might the various reasons affect the company in the long term?
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Divine Pool Cleaning Service provides pool cleaning services to residential customers. The company has three employees, each assigned to specific customers The company considers each employee’s territory as a business segment The company incurs variable costs that include the employees’ wages, pool chemicals, and gas for the service vans. Fixed costs include depreciation on the service vans. Following is the income statement for the month of August:
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Calculate the contribution margin ratio for each business Segment.
The business segments had the following number of customers Byson, 80; Moore, 50; and Freeman, 110. Compute the service revenue per customer variable cost per customer, and contribution margin per customer for each business segment.
Which business segment was most profitable? List some possible reasons why this segment was most profitable. How might the various reasons affect the company in the long term?
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