What Is margin of safety? A. Difference between selling price and variable cos

B. difference between contribution margin per unit and fixed cost

C. difference between current sales and break-even sales

Margin of safety is a principle of investing in which an investor only purchases securities when their market price is significantly below their intrinsic value. ... Alternatively, in accounting, the margin of safety, or safety margin, refers to the difference between actual sales and break-even sales

answer; a large down payment,a longer term loan, would result in a lower monthly payment;

the assumption the narrator makes in this excerpt is that the messages he heards were going to hurt the narrator's mom; the narrator just springs in to action. the narrator doesn't specify in this excerpt why he believes that the messages present a problem that requires protection.