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For the following questions, circle the best response.Zona Company’s income statement for...

For the following questions, circle the best response.

Zona Company’s income statement for 2010 for Brands A and Z and for the company as a whole follows:

 

Total

Brand A

Brand Z

Sales

$450,000

$250,000

$200,000

Variable expenses

(322,000)

(160,000)

(162,000)

Contribution margin

$128,000

90,000

38,000

Direct fixed expenses

(53,000)

(22,000)

(31,000)

Segment margin

$ 75,000

$ 68,000

$ 7,000

Common fixed expenses

(45,000)

 

 

Operating Income

$ 30,000

 

 

If Brand Z’s sales increase by $25,000 and its direct fixed expenses increase by $3,000, operating income for the company as a whole would increase by

a. $875.

b. $1,167.

c. $1,750.

d. $4,167.

e. $1,900.

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