The company has just opened a new plant to manufacture

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McCracken Aerial, Inc., produces and sells a unique type of TV antenna. The company has just opened a new plant to manufacture the antenna, and the following cost and revenue data have been provided for the first month of the plant's operation: 



 

  Beginning inventory

 

0   

  Units produced

 

39,250   

  Units sold

 

35,000   

  Selling price per unit

$

90   

  Selling and administrative expenses:

   

    Variable per unit

$

6   

    Fixed (total)

$

525,000   

  Manufacturing costs

   

    Direct materials cost per unit

$

18.0   

    Direct labor cost per unit

$

9.0   

    Variable manufacturing overhead cost per unit

$

3   

    Fixed manufacturing overhead cost (total)

$

981,250   

   

Because the new antenna is unique in design, management is anxious to see how profitable it will be and has asked that an income statement be prepared for the month.

Required:

1.

Assume that the company uses absorption costing.

a.

Determine the unit product cost. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 1 decimal place.)

   
   

b.

Prepare an income statement for the month.

   
   

2.

Assume that the company uses variable costing.

a.

Determine the unit product cost. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 1 decimal place.)

   
   

b.

Prepare a contribution format income statement for the month.

   
 

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The contribution margin ratio is equal to:

1 − (Contribution Margin/Sales).

Total manufacturing expenses/Sales.

1 − (Gross Margin/Sales).

(Sales − Variable expenses)/Sales.

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Moccio Enterprises, Inc., produces and sells a single product whose selling price is $120.00 per unit and whose variable expense is $37.20 per unit. The company's monthly fixed expense is $356,040.

Assume the company's target profit is $15,000. The dollar sales to attain that target profit is closest to:

$1,196,903

$701,894

$537,739

$371,040

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Florek Inc. produces and sells a single product. The company has provided its contribution format income statement for March.

 

  Sales (6,000 units)

$

330,000

  Variable expenses

 

210,000

     

  Contribution margin

 

120,000

  Fixed expenses

 

87,500

     

  Net operating income

$

32,500

     


If the company sells 6,200 units, its net operating income should be closest to:

$32,500

$43,500

$33,583

$36,500

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Data concerning Cutshall Enterprises Corporation's single product appear below:

  Selling price per unit

$

190.00  

  Variable expense per unit

$

94.50  

  Fixed expense per month

$

438,790  

 

The unit sales to attain the company's monthly target profit of $25,000 is closest to: (Do not round your intermediate calculations.)

4,595

4,908

4,856

2,441

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Brees Inc., a company that produces and sells a single product, has provided its contribution format income statement for April.

Sales (6,200 units)

$136,400

Variable expenses

   80,600

Contribution margin

55,800

Fixed expenses

   48,700

Net operating income

  $7,100



If the company sells 5,800 units, its total contribution margin should be closest to:

$52,200

$47,000

$55,800

$6,642

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Data concerning Matsumoto Corporation's single product appear below:

Selling price per unit

$130.00

Variable expense per unit

$52.00

Fixed expense per month

$280,800



Assume the company's target profit is $5,000. The unit sales to attain that target profit is closest to:

5,496 units

2,198 units

3,664 units

3,786 units

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Spartan Systems reported total sales of $325,000, at a price of $45 and per unit variable expenses of $32, for the sales of their single product.

 

 

Total

Per Unit

  Sales

$325,000

$45

  Variable expenses

195,000

32

     

  Contribution margin

130,000

$13

     

  Fixed expenses

105,000

 
     

  Net operating income

$25,000

 
     


What is the amount of contribution margin if sales volume increases by 30%?

$130,000

$32,500

$17,500

$169,000

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A manufacturer of cedar shingles has supplied the following data:

Bundles of cedar shakes produced and sold

280,000

Sales revenue

$2,072,000

Variable manufacturing expense

$1,134,000

Fixed manufacturing expense

$436,000

Variable selling and administrative expense

$238,000

Fixed selling and administrative expense

$164,000

Net operating income

$100,000


The company's break-even in unit sales is closest to:

240,000

25,038

81,081

130,149

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Data concerning Wythe Corporation's single product appear below:

 

Per Unit

Percent of Sales

Selling price

$150

100%

Variable expenses

    90

60%

Contribution margin

  $60

40%



Fixed expenses are $106,000 per month. The company is currently selling 2,000 units per month. The marketing manager would like to cut the selling price by $15 and increase the advertising budget by $5,000 per month. The marketing manager predicts that these two changes would increase monthly sales by 800 units. What should be the overall effect on the company's monthly net operating income of this change?

increase of $31,000

increase of $103,000

increase of $1,000

decrease of $31,000

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Lore Corporation has provided the following information:

Sales

$200,000

Variable expenses      

$40,000

Fixed expenses

$10,000



Lore's break-even point in dollar sales is:

$12,500

$40,000

$10,000

$50,000

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The records of the Dodge Corporation show the following results for the most recent year:

Sales (16,000 units)

$256,000

Variable expenses

$160,000

Net operating income

$32,000



Given these data, the unit contribution margin was:

$16

$6

$4

$2

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The following monthly data are available for the Wyatt Corporation and its only product:

Unit selling price

$36

 

Unit variable expenses

$28

 

Total fixed expenses

$50,000

 

Actual sales for the month of May

7,000

units




The margin of safety for the company during May was:

$27,000

$56,000

$6,000

$106,000

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Darwin Inc. sells a particular textbook for $32. Variable expenses are $24 per book. At the current volume of 56,000 books sold per year the company is just breaking even. Given these data, the annual fixed expenses associated with the textbook total:

$2,240,000

$1,344,000

$1,792,000

$448,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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