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Exercise 19-3 Norton Company reports the following operating results for the mon

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Exercise 19-3

Norton Company reports the following operating results for the month of August: sales $305,000 (units 5,000); variable costs $212,200; and fixed costs $67,500.

Management is considering the following independent courses of action to increase net income.

Compute the net income to be earned under each alternative.

1. Increase selling price by 10% with no change in total variable costs or sales volume.


2. Reduce variable costs to 52% of sales.


3. Reduce fixed costs by $17,700.

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Exercise 19-6

Yard Tools manufactures lawnmowers, weed-trimmers, and chainsaws. Its sales mix and contribution margin per unit are as follows.


Sales Mix

Contribution
Margin per Unit


Yard Tools has fixed costs of $7,174,440.

Compute the number of units of each product that Yard Tools must sell in order to break even under this product mix.

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Explanation / Answer

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Net Income (NI) = Sales revenue - variable costs - fixed costs

(1) Selling price increases 10%

Since sales volume remains unchanged, revised sales revenue = 1.1 x $305,000 = $335,500

NI = $(335,500 - 212,200 - 67,500) = $55,800

(2) Variable costs = 52% of sales = $305,000 x 0.52 = $158,600

NI = $(305,000 - 158,600 - 67,500) = $78,900

(3) Fixed cost reduced by $17,700 to $49,800

NI = $(305,000 - 212,200 - 49,800) = $43,000

NOTE: There are 2 multi-part questions, out of which the first question is answered in full.