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Battonkill Company, operating at full capacity, sold 154,100units at a price of $48 per unit during the current year. Itsincome statement for the current year is as follows:

Sales $7,396,800
Cost of goods sold 2,624,000
Gross profit $4,772,800
Expenses:
Selling expenses $1,312,000
Administrativeexpenses 784,000
Total expenses 2,096,000
Income from operations $2,676,800

The division of costs between fixed and variable is asfollows:

Fixed Variable
Cost of goods sold 40% 60%
Selling expenses 50% 50%
Administrative expenses 70% 30%

Management is considering a plant expansion program that willpermit an increase of $576,000 in yearly sales. The expansion willincrease fixed costs by $76,800, but will not affect therelationship between sales and variable costs.

Required:

1. Determine for the current year the totalfixed costs and the total variable costs.

Total fixed costs $
Total variable costs $

2. Determine (a) the unit variable cost and (b)the unit contribution margin for the current year.

Unit variable cost $
Unit contribution margin $

3. Compute the break-even sales (units) for thecurrent year.
units

4. Compute the break-even sales (units) underthe proposed program.
units

5. Determine the amount of sales (units) thatwould be necessary under the proposed program to realize the$2,676,800 of income from operations that was earned in the currentyear.
units

6. Determine the maximum income from operationspossible with the expanded plant.
$

7. If the proposal is accepted and sales remainat the current level, what will the income or loss from operationsbe for the following year?
$ Income

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Tod Thiel
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