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Transcribed Image Text:Due to erratic sales of its sole product-a high-capacity battery for laptop computers-PEM, Incorporated, has been experiencing
financial difficulty for some time. The company's contribution format income statement for the most recent month is given below:
Sales (13,100 units x $20 per unit)
Variable expenses
Contribution margin.
Fixed expenses
Net operating loss
Required:
1. Compute the company's CM ratio and its break-even point in unit sales and dollar sales.
2. The president believes that a $7,000 increase in the monthly advertising budget, combined with an intensified effort by the sales
staff, will increase unit sales and the total sales by $88,000 per month. If the president is right, what will be the increase (decrease)
in the company's monthly net operating income?
3. Refer to the original data. The sales manager is convinced that a 10% reduction in the selling price, combined with an increase of
$38,000 in the monthly advertising budget, will double unit sales. If the sales manager is right, what will be the revised net
operating income (loss)?
4. Refer to the original data. The Marketing Department thinks that a fancy new package for the laptop computer battery would grow
sales. The new package would increase packaging costs by $0.80 per unit. Assuming no other changes, how many units would
have to be sold each month to attain a target profit of $5,000?
5. Refer to the original data. By automating, the company could reduce variable expenses by $3 per unit. However, fixed expenses
would increase by $52,000 each month.
a. Compute the new CM ratio and the new break-even point in unit sales and dollar sales.
b. Assume that the company expects to sell 21,000 units next month. Prepare two contribution format income statements, one
assuming that operations are not automated and one assuming that they are. (Show data on a per unit and percentage basis, as
well as in total, for each alternative.)
c. Would you recommend that the company automate its operations (Assuming that the company expects to sell 21,000 units)?
Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below.
Req 1
Req 2
Req 3
$
$ 262,000
157,200
104,800
116,800
$ (12,000)
Total
Req 4
0
Refer to the original data. By automating, the company could reduce variable expenses by $3 per unit. However, fixed expenses
would increase by $52,000 each month. Assume that the company expects to sell 21,000 units next month. Prepare two
contribution format income statements, one assuming that operations are not automated and one assuming that they are. (Show
data on a per unit and percentage basis, as well as in total, for each alternative.)
Note: Do not round your intermediate calculations. Round your percentage answers to the nearest whole number.
PEM, Incorporated
Contribution Income Statement
Not Automated
Per Unit
0
$
Req 5A
< Req 5A
0
%
Req 5B
0
Total
Automated
Per Unit
0
0
Req 5C
Req 5C >
$
0
%
0
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Transcribed Image Text:Due to erratic sales of its sole product-a high-capacity battery for laptop computers-PEM, Incorporated, has been experiencing
financial difficulty for some time. The company's contribution format income statement for the most recent month is given below:
Sales (13,100 units x $20 per unit)
Variable expenses
Contribution margin
Fixed expenses
Net operating loss
Required:
1. Compute the company's CM ratio and its break-even point in unit sales and dollar sales.
2. The president believes that a $7,000 increase in the monthly advertising budget, combined with an intensified effort by the sales
staff, will increase unit sales and the total sales by $88,000 per month. If the president is right, what will be the increase (decrease)
in the company's monthly net operating income?
3. Refer to the original data. The sales manager is convinced that a 10% reduction in the selling price, combined with an increase of
$38,000 in the monthly advertising budget, will double unit sales. If the sales manager is right, what will be the revised net
operating income (loss)?
4. Refer to the original data. The Marketing Department thinks that a fancy new package for the laptop computer battery would grow
sales. The new package would increase packaging costs by $0.80 per unit. Assuming no other changes, how many units would
have to be sold each month to attain a target profit of $5,000?
5. Refer to the original data. By automating, the company could reduce variable expenses by $3 per unit. However, fixed expenses
would increase by $52,000 each month.
a. Compute the new CM ratio and the new break-even point in unit sales and dollar sales.
b. Assume that the company expects to sell 21,000 units next month. Prepare two contribution format income statements, one
assuming that operations are not automated and one assuming that they are. (Show data on a per unit and percentage basis, as
well as in total, for each alternative.)
c. Would you recommend that the company automate its operations (Assuming that the company expects to sell 21,000 units)?
Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below.
Req 1
$ 262,000
157,200
104,800
116,800
$ (12,000)
Req 2
Req 3
Unit sales to attain target profit
Req 4
Req 5A
< Req 3
Req 5B
Refer to the original data. The Marketing Department thinks that a fancy new package for the laptop computer battery would
grow sales. The new package would increase packaging costs by $0.80 per unit. Assuming no other changes, how many units
would have to be sold each month to attain a target profit of $5,000?
Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Round final answer up to the nearest whole unit.
Req 5C
Req 5A >
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