margin of safety a. if canace company, with a break-even point at $315,700 of sales, has actual sales of $410,000, what is the margin of safety expressed (1) in dollars and (2) as a percentage of sales? round the percentage to the nearest whole number. 1. $fill in the blank 1 2. fill in the blank 2 % b. if the margin of safety for canace company was 25%, fixed costs were $1,387,500, and variable costs were 75% of sales, what was the amount of actual sales (dollars)? (hint: determine the break-even in sales dollars first.) $fill in the blank 3