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How to identify the first printing:
On the acknowledgments page, the bottom left corner states ©1999 Craftsman Book Company. All succeeding books will have "second printing", "third printing", etc. under the ©1999 Craftsman Book Company.

Note: All Corrections are in RED

Page 56:

3. What are our projected job costs for the year?

Total Sales - (Overhead Expense + Profit) = Job Costs
$287,500 - ($87,950 + $28,750) = Job Costs
$287,500 - $116,700 = $170,800

Page 238:

B
4. Sales Volume ÷ Job Costs = Markup
$1,207,662 ÷ $998,072 = 1.2099, or 1.21

Page 244:

A
5. Our labor and material expense would be 90 percent of our job costs:
$1,488,107 X 90% = $1,339,296

How to identify the second printing:
On the acknowledgments page, the bottom left corner states, Second Printing 2000.

Page 182:

Caption for Figure 7-1 :
After "Overhead", Line out (fixed expense)
Should Read:
  • Total volume
  • Job cost
  • Overhead
  • Profit
  • Break-even point

Page 183:

Caption for Figure 7-2:

Change Total Sales to Total Volume
After "Overhead", Line out (fixed expense)

Change the numbers to read as follows:
Total volume
Job Costs
Overhead
Profit
Break-even point
$556,920
$476,000
$ 39,151
$ 41,769
$269,449

A. (Overhead expense)
B. (Total job...Axis)
    (Total sales.Axis)
C. (Total volume.Axis)
D. (Break-even..Line P)
$ 39,151
$515,151

$556,920
$556,920
$269,449



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