Question

Tubaugh Corporation has two major business segments--East and West. In December, the East business segment had sales revenues of $260,000, variable expenses of $145,000, and traceable fixed expenses of $33,000. During the same month, the West business segment had sales revenues of $930,000, variable expenses of $488,000, and traceable fixed expenses of $177,000. The common fixed expenses totaled $262,000 and were allocated as follows: $131,000 to the East business segment and $131,000 to the West business segment.
The contribution margin of the West business segment is:

Answer 1

Answer:

=$422,000

Explanation:

As per the contribution margin concept, the contribution margin per unit is equal to the selling price per unit minus variable costs.

Therefore, the total contribution margin is the sales minus variable costs.

The contribution margin for the west will be sales($930,000) minus variable cost($488,000)

=$930 ,000 - $488,000

=$422,000