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Book Corrections, 1st and 2nd printing

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  $556,920
Job Costs  $476,000
Overhead $ 39,151
Profit $ 41,769
Break-even point $269,449
A. (Overhead expense) $  39,151
B. (Total job...Axis) $515,151
    (Total sales.Axis) $556,920
C. (Total volume.Axis) $556,920
D. (Break-even..Line P) $269,449

 

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