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Diego Company manufactures one product that is sold for $77 per unit in two geographic regions—East and West. The following information pertains to the company’s first year of operations in which it produced 48,000 units and sold 43,000 units.
| Variable costs per unit: | |
| Manufacturing: | |
| Direct materials | $ 27 |
|---|---|
| Direct labor | $ 12 |
| Variable manufacturing |
$ 3 |
| Variable selling and administrative | $ 5 |
| Fixed costs per year: | |
| Fixed manufacturing overhead | $ 864,000 |
| Fixed selling and administrative expense | $ 456,000 |
The company sold 33,000 units in the East region and 10,000 units in the West region. It determined $220,000 of its fixed selling and administrative expense is traceable to the West region, $170,000 is traceable to the East region, and the remaining $66,000 is a common fixed expense. The company will continue to incur the total amount of its fixed
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14. Diego is considering eliminating the West region because an internally generated report suggests the region’s total gross margin in the first year of operations was $50,000 less than its traceable fixed selling and administrative expenses. Diego believes that if it drops the West region, the East region's sales will grow by 5% in Year 2. Using the contribution approach for analyzing segment profitability and assuming all else remains constant in Year 2, what would be the profit impact of dropping the West region in Year 2?
decrease by how much ??????
15. Assume the West region invests $38,000 in a new advertising campaign in Year 2 that increases its unit sales by 20%. If all else remains constant, what would be the profit impact of pursuing the advertising campaign?
increased by how much?
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