Chapman Incorporated sells a single product, Zud, which has a budgeted selling price of $41 per unit and a budgeted variable cost of $29 per unit. Budgeted fixed costs for the year amount to $53,500. Actual sales volume for the year (64,000 units) fell 11,500 units short of budgeted sales volume. Actual fixed costs were $54,500. With everything else held constant, what impact did the shortfall in volume have on profitability for the year?

Chapman Incorporated sells a single product, Zud, which has a budgeted selling price of $41 per unit and a budgeted variable cost of $29 per unit. Budgeted fixed costs for the year amount to $53,500. Actual sales volume for the year (64,000 units) fell 11,500 units short of budgeted sales volume. Actual fixed costs were $54,500. With everything else held constant, what impact did the shortfall in volume have on profitability for the year?

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