Managerial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making
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Author: Jerry J. Weygandt, Paul D. Kimmel, Donald E. Kieso
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Chapter 6, Problem 6.3E
Compute net income under different alternatives.
(LO 1), AP
Barnes Company rep01ts the following operating results for the month of August: sales $325,000 (units 5,000); variable costs $210.000: and fixed costs $.75,000. Management is considering the following independent courses of action to increase net income.
1. Increase selling price by 10% with no change in total variable costs or sales volume.
2. Reduce variable costs to 58% of sales.
3. Reduce fixed costs by $15,000.
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