In: Accounting
A cement manufacturer has supplied the following data:
Tons of cement produced and sold |
220000 |
|
Sales revenue |
$924000 |
|
Variable manufacturing expense |
$297000 |
|
Fixed manufacturing expense |
$285498 |
|
Variable selling and administrative expense |
$165000 |
|
Fixed selling and administrative expense |
$81917 |
If the company increases its unit sales volume by 5% without increasing its fixed expenses, what would operating income be closest to
Sales revenue, Variable manufacturing expense and Variable selling and administrative expense |
are variable expenses and so they will vary with increase or decrease in quantity
Fixed manufacturing expense and fixed selling and administrative expense are fixed expenses and will not vary with a small change in quantity
The following table shows per unit sale and variable expenses
The following table shows the operating Income