FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
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Security First
Income Statement
For the Year Ended May 31, 2018
 
 
Product Line
 
 
 
Industrial
Household
 
 
 
Systems
Systems
Total
 
Net Sales Revenue
$310,000
$330,000
$640,000
 
Cost of Goods Sold:
 
 
 
 
Variable
35,000
43,000
78,000
 
Fixed
240,000
64,000
304,000
 
Total Cost of Goods Sold
275,000
107,000
382,000
 
Gross Profit
35,000
223,000
258,000
 
Selling and Administrative Expenses:
 
 
 
 
Variable
68,000
70,000
138,000
 
Fixed
40,000
22,000
62,000
 
Total Selling and Administrative Expenses
108,000
92,000
200,000
 
Operating Income (Loss)
$(73,000)
$131,000
$58,000

 

Members of the board of directors of Security First have received the following operating income data for the year ended may 31, 2018.

Requirement 1. Prepare a differential analysis to show whether
Security First
should drop the industrial systems product line.​ (Use parentheses or a minus sign to enter decreases to​ profits.)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
in operating income
 
 

 

2.
Prepare contribution margin income statements to show
Security First's
total operating income under the two​ alternatives: (a) with the industrial systems line and​ (b) without the line. Compare the difference between the two​ alternatives' income numbers to your answer to Requirement 1.

 

3.
What have you learned from the comparison in Requirement​ 2?
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