Feather Friends Inc distributes a highquality wooden birdhou

Feather Friends, Inc, distributes a high-quality wooden birdhouse that sells for $80 per unit. Variable expenses are $40.00 per unit and fixed expenses total $160,000 per year. Its operating results for last year were as follows: Sales 2,248,800 1,120,00e Fixed Net operating income Answer each question independently based on the original data: 1. What is the product\'s CM ratio? 2. Use the CM ratio to determine the break-even point in dollar sales 3lf this year\'s sales increase by S55,000 and fixed expenses do not change, how much will net operating income increase? 4-a. What is the degree of operating leverage based on last years sales? 4b. Assume the president expects this year\'s sales to increase by 12%. Using the degree of operating leverage from last year, what percentage increase in net operating income will the company realize this year? 5. The sales manager is convinced that a 14% reduction in the selling price, combined with a $62.000 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. Do you recommend implementing the sales manager\'s suggestions? 6. The president does not want to change the selling price. Instead, he wants to increase the sales commission by $1.90 per unit. He thinks that this move, combined with some increase in advertising, would increase this year\'s sales by 25%. How much could the president increase this year\'s advertising expense and still earn the same $960,000 net operating income as last year? Do not prepare an income statement use the incremental analysis approach Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below

Solution

1)Product CM ratio =contribution /sales

             =1120000/2240000

             = .50 or50%

2)

BEP= Fixed cost /CM ratio

     = 160000/.50

         = $ 320000

3)Net operating income will increase be =Increase in sales * CM ratio

            = 55000*.50

           = $ 27500

4a)Degree of operating leverage = Contribution /net income

          = 1120000/960000

          = 1.17

4-b)

% Increase in net income = degree of operating leverage* % increase in sales

                       1.17*12

                  = 14.04%