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Laro Corporation produces and sells a single product with the following characte

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Question

Laro Corporation produces and sells a single product with the following characteristics:

     

175    

50%         

$ 175    

50%         

  

The company is currently selling 7,000 units per month. Fixed expenses are $362,000 per month.

   

The marketing manager believes that a $9,000 increase in the monthly advertising budget would result in a 310 unit increase in monthly sales. What should be the overall effect on the company's monthly net operating income of this change?

increase of $45,250

decrease of $9,000

decrease of $45,250

increase of $54,250

Madengrad Company manufactures a single product called a densimeter. This product is a density monitoring device attached to large industrial mixing machines used in flour, rubber, petroleum, and chemical manufacturing. A densimeter sells for $2,520 per unit. The following variable expenses are incurred to produce and sell each densimeter:

  

  

Madengrad's annual fixed expenses are $7,080,000.

If Madengrad Company achieves a sales and production volume of 8,100 units, the annual net operating income (loss) is expected to be:

$ -276,000

$ 6,804,000

$ -7,144,200

$ -27,600

Parmentier Company uses the weighted-average method in its process costing system. The Molding Department is the second department in its production process. The data below summarize the department's operations in January.

$2.024

$1.828

$1.671

$2.527

Accola Company uses activity-based costing. The company has two products: A and B. The annual production and sales of Product A is 1,800 units and of Product B is 1,050 units. There are three activity cost pools, with estimated costs and expected activity as follows:


The activity rate for Activity 3 is closest to:

$139.12

$68.28

$32.88

$58.10

The following partially completed T-accounts summarize the transactions of Belson Company for last year:

        

       

      

     

    

    

  

    

At the end of the year, the company closes out the balance in the Manufacturing Overhead account to Cost of Goods Sold.


The indirect labor cost is:

$28,900

$5,300

$15,300

$12,300

Schmeider Corporation uses the following activity rates from its activity-based costing system to assign overhead costs to products.

    

    
Data concerning two products appear below:
     


Required:

How much overhead cost would be assigned to each of the two products using the company's activity-based costing system? (Do not round your intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to two decimal places.)

Per unit Percent of sales   Selling price $ 350     100%            Variable expenses

175    

50%         

  Contribution margin

$ 175    

50%         

Explanation / Answer

Solution 1:

contribution / unit = $175

total units sold in the month = 7000 units

Total contribution = $175 * 7000 = $1225000

$9,000 increase in the monthly advertising budget would result in a 310 unit increase in monthly sales.

So, Revised Total contribution =$ 1225000 - $9000 = $1216000

There being no change in fixed cost, so Change in Total Contribution is the overall effect on the company's monthly net operating income.

=> $1216000 - $ 1225000 = - $9000 i.e. OPTION B - DECREASE BY $9000

Solution 2:

The product densimeter sells for Selling Price $2,520 per unit. The following variable expenses are incurred to produce and sell each densimeter:

  

Total Variable cost per unit = $1680, Selling Price $2,520 per unit , so Contribution = $840. Also, sales and production volume of 8,100 units and Madengrad's annual fixed expenses are $7,080,000

Total Contribution = $840 * 8100 = $ 6804000

the annual net operating income (loss) is expected to be: Total Contribution - Annual Fixed Expenses

= $ 6,804,000 - $7,080,000 = $ 276000 LOSS i.e. OPTION 1

Solution 3:

The conversion cost = work in progress at the beginning + conversion cost made during Jan

= $11,696 + $107468 = $119164 ----A

Number of finished units during moulding = 56700 + 7300 * 30% = 58890 units ----B

the cost per equivalent unit for conversion costs for January in the Molding Department =A / B

=$119164 / 58890 = $2.024 per unit OPTION 1

Solution 4:

Activity rate for Activity 3 is closest to = $82502/1420 = $58.10 OPTION 4

Solution 5:

The indirect labor cost incurred during the year is the Wages and Salaries Payable balance =$28900 OPTION 1

Solution 6:

Overhead cost would be assigned to each of the two products using the company's activity-based costing system=

Product C00R = 72.02*67 + 29.08*47 + 13.51*420 = $11866.3

Product A61E = 72.02*54 + 29.08*32 + 13.51*163 =$7021.77

  Direct labor $ 504   Direct materials $ 672   Variable factory overhead $ 294   Variable marketing expenses $ 210