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MrRa [10]
3 years ago
5

ATech has fixed costs of $7 million and profits of $4 million. Its competitor, ZTech, is roughly the same size and this year ear

ned the same profits, $4 million. But it operates with higher fixed costs of $8 million and lower variable costs. a. What is the degree of operating leverage (DOL) for each company? (Defined here as 1 + Fixed costs/Profit.) (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)
Business
1 answer:
Triss [41]3 years ago
5 0

Answer: Degree of Operating Leverage

A Tech = 2.75

Z Tech = 3

Explanation:

As defined in question itself,

Degree of Operating Leverage = 1 + \frac{fixed\ cost}{Profit}

As here, it is provided that profit for both the companies are same amounting $4 million.

Although the fixed cost differ by $1 million.

A Tech Degree of operating Leverage = 1 + \frac{7,000,000}{4,000,000} = 2.75

Z Tech Degree of Operating Leverage = 1 + \frac{8,000,000}{4,000,000} = 3

This clearly demonstrates that A Tech will reach its break even faster than the Z Tech as the ratio of fixed cost to variable cost is lower in A tech in comparison to Z Tech.

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