Rainbow Paints operates a chain of retail paint stores. Although the paint is sold under the Rainbow label, it is purchased from an independent paint manufacturer. Guy Walker, president of Rainbow Paints, is studying the advisability of opening another store. His estimates of monthly costs for the proposed location are as follows. Fixed costs:. Occupancy costs Salaries Other Variable costs (including cost of paint) Although Rainbow stores sell several different types of paint, monthly sales revenue consistently averages $10 per gallon sold. Required: a. Compute the contribution margin ratio and the break-even point in dollar sales and in gallons sold for the proposed store. c. Walker thinks that the proposed store will sell between 2,200 and 2,600 gallons of paint per month. Compute the amount of operating income that would be earned per month at each of these sales volumes. a. Contribution margin ratio Break-even sales volume in dollars Break-even sales volume in gallons c. Operating income for 2,200 Gallons Operating income for 2,600 Gallons $3,160 3,640 1,200 $ 6 per gallon % gallons

Annie's Homemade currently owns one push cart along with a branded tent to facilitate off-site sales. The company is considering buying a second push cart and tent for $4,500 to expand its off-site sales opportunities. Because the company's cargo trailer has the capacity to transport two push carts, there is no need to buy an additional trailer at this time. Annie's provided the following estimates to assist with analyzing the investment in an additional push cart: Additional sales events per month (in June, July, August, and September) Average number of servings sold per event Selling price per serving Ingredients and packaging cost per serving Average time for manager to make one batch of 100 servings of ice cream Average time for employees to pre-package one serving of ice cream Pickup truck diesel fuel, oil, and diesel exhaust fluid expenses Average duration of each event (including drive time) Average number of employees working at each event Hourly wage rate for managers Hourly…

Yardwork Tools Corp manufactures garden tools in a factory in​ Taneytown, Maryland.​ Recently, the company designed a collection of tools for professional use rather than consumer use. Management needs to make a good decision about whether to produce this line in their existing space in​ Maryland, where space is available or to accept an offer from a manufacturer in Taiwan. Data concerning the decision are as​ follows: Expected annual sales of tools (in units) 660,000 Average selling price of tools $11 Price quoted by Taiwanese company, in New Taiwanese Dollars (NTD) 27,300 Current exchange rate 9,100 NTD = $1 Variable manufacturing costs $2.85 per unit Incremental annual fixed manufacturing costs associated with the new product line $310,000 Variable selling and distribution costsª $0.50 per unit Annual fixed selling and distribution costsª $250,000   ​ªSelling and distribution costs are the same regardless of whether the tools…

Tupper Inc. and Victory Inc. are two small clothing companies that are considering leasing a dyeing machine together. The companies estimated that in order to meet production, Tupper needs the machine for 950 hours and Victory needs it for 700 hours. If each company rents the machine on its own, the fee will be $85 per hour of usage. If they rent the machine together, the fee will decrease to $80 per hour of usage. Read the requirements. Requirements 1. Calculate Tupper's and Victory's respective share of fees under the stand-alone cost-allocation method. 2. Calculate Tupper's and Victory's respective share of fees using the incremental cost-allocation method assuming (a) Tupper ranked as the primary party and (b) Victory ranked as the primary party. 3. Calculate Tupper's and Victory's respective share of fees using the Shapley value method. 4. Which method would you recommend Tupper and Victory use to share the fees? - X

Hannah Ortega is considering expanding her business. She plans to hire a salesperson to cover trade shows. Because of compensation, travel expenses, and booth rental, fixed costs for a trade show are expected to be $10,660. The booth will be open 26 hours during the trade show. Ms. Ortega also plans to add a new product line, ProOffice, which will cost $190 per package. She will continue to sell the existing product, EZRecords, which costs $103 per package. Ms. Ortega believes that the salesperson will spend approximately 16 hours selling EZRecords and 10 hours marketing ProOffice. Required a. Determine the estimated total cost and cost per unit of each product, assuming that the salesperson is able to sell 73 units of EZRecords and 59 units of ProOffice.

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Whitmore Glassware makes a variety of drinking glasses and mugs. The company's designers have discovered a market for a 16 ounce mug with college logos. Market research indicates that a mug like this would sell well in the market priced at $26.65. Whitmore only introduces a product if they can an operating profit of 30 percent of costs. Required: What is the highest acceptable manufacturing cost for which Whitmore would be willing to produce the mugs? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Highest acceptable manufacturing costs