Data concerning Pellegren Corporation's single product appear below: Fixed expenses are $531,000 per month. The company is curre
ntly selling 4,000 units per month. The marketing manager would like to cut the selling price by $14 and increase the advertising budget by $35,000 per month. The marketing manager predicts that these two changes would increase monthly sales by 500 units. What should be the overall effect on the company's monthly net operating income of this change? Select one: a. decrease of $18,000 b. increase of $38,000 c. decrease of $38,000 d. increase of $58,000
1 answer:
Answer:
a. decrease of $18,000
Explanation:
The calculation of overall effect on the company's monthly net operating income is shown below:-
<u>Particulars Current Proposed </u>
Sales $800,000 $837,000
($200 × 4,000) (200 - 14) × (4,000 + 500)
Variable
expenses $160,000 $180,000
(40 × 4,000) (40 × (4,000 + 500))
Contribution
margin $640,000 $657,000
Fixed
expenses $531,000 $566,000
($531,000 + 350,00)
Net operating
income $109,000 $91,000
Decrease in net operating income is
= $109,000 - $91000
= $18,000
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Answer: $100
Explanation:
If the reserve requirement is 20% then the required reserves being held by the company is:
= Total deposits * reserve requirement
= 8,000 * 20%
= $1,600
The reserves held by the company of $1,700 comprise of both the required reserves and the excess reserves. The excess reserves will therefore be calculated as:
Excess reserves = Reserves - Required reserves
= 1,700 - 1,600
= $100
