Though the breakeven point provides information about the bare minimum we need to cover fixed costs, the
margin of safety, as mentioned previously, gives us a feel for not only how well we're doing but also how many units we're selling each period that provide actual profit.
From these dimensions, he developed the concept of a "
margin of safety" assuming that the length of the tip and of the cuff of the tube were uniform (1).
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Margin of safety (percentage) = (target sales - break-even sales) / break-even sales x 100
The calculation must include a
margin of safety to ensure that the waterbody can be used for the designated purposes.
(3.) The Safe Drinking Water Act requires that the health-based standard be set at a level to prevent any known or anticipated adverse health effect, with an adequate
margin of safety.
General industry practice is to run tools with some
margin of safety in the 45 F to 55 F range.
The latter has only 16 percent more signatures than the number required - a thin
margin of safety, considering that about one in five signatures collected by paid petitioners like those employed by Sizemore turns out to be invalid.
"If we buy stock below a company's intrinsic value, we get an automatic
margin of safety."
"This should provide a clear
margin of safety but any specific advice from the car manufacturer should be followed."
The manuscript, with the working title The
Margin of Safety, was completed in 1998 and over the next two years was used and evaluated in the classroom in several courses.
Adding an extra
margin of safety is part of a strong precautionary approach to regulating substances.