The Pantovich Company is not happy with last year’s operating income of only $30,000. The selling price during the year was $15 per unit. The total variable costs were $180,000 and total fixed costs were $90,000. The sales manager wants to increase the selling price next year by 15% although she knows that the number of units sold would likely be reduced by 10%.
If her proposal is adopted and her assumption about volume of sales is correct, what would the new operating income be?
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The Pantovich Company is not happy with last year’s operating income of only $30,000. The selling...
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5. The sales manager is convinced that a 14% reduction in the
selling price, combined with a $65,000 increase in advertising,
would increase this year's unit sales by 25%.
a. If the sales manager is right, what would be this year's net
operating income if his ideas are implemented?
b. If the sales manager's ideas are implemented, how much will
net operating income increase or decrease over last year?
6. The president does not want to change the selling price....
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