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Cost Management: A Strategic Emphasis 5th Edition by David Stout, Edward Blocher, Gary Cokins

Edition 5ISBN: 0073526940
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Cost Management: A Strategic Emphasis 5th Edition by David Stout, Edward Blocher, Gary Cokins

Edition 5ISBN: 0073526940
Exercise 27

May Clothing is a retail men’s clothing store. May’s cost is $10 per shirt and the sales price is $20 per shirt. May plans to sell 400,000 shirts each year and wants a before-tax profit of $500,000. What is the operating leverage?

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Operating Leverage

Operating Leverage simply put is the ratio of contribution margin to the profit of the firm. The ratio indicates how the profit of the firm will change with respect to the changes in the sales of the firm.

    <div class=answer> <u> Operating Leverage </u> Operating Leverage simply put is the ratio of contribution margin to the profit of the firm. The ratio indicates how the profit of the firm will change with respect to the changes in the sales of the firm.


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