So the option c($173,600) is the correct answer.
[tex]\text { Contribution margin ratio }=\frac{\text { Sales }-\text { Variable costs }}{\text { Sales }} \times 100[/tex]
[tex]\text { Contribution margin ratio }=\frac{\$ 500,000-\$ 187,500}{\$ 500,000} \times 100[/tex]
[tex]\text { Contribution margin ratio }=\frac{\$ 312,500}{\$ 500,000} \times 100[/tex]
[tex]\text { Contribution margin ratio }=62.50 \%[/tex]
[tex]\text { Break }-\text { even sales }=\frac{\text { Fixed cost }}{\text { Contribution margin ratio }}[/tex]
[tex]\text { Break }-\text { even sales }=\frac{\$ 204,000}{62.50 \%}[/tex]
[tex]\text { Break }-\text { even sales }=\frac{\$ 204,000}{0.6250}[/tex]
[tex]\text { Break-even sales }=\$ 326,400[/tex]
Margin of safety in dollars = Actual sales - Break-even sales
Margin of safety in dollars = $500,000 - $326,400
Margin of safety in dollars = $173,600
Therefore the correct option is C
What is Margin of Safety?
Break-even seals are subtracted from the actual or anticipated quantity of sales to determine the margin of safety. Therefore, a company's access amount of sales above the break-even point is its margin of safety.
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