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Continental Industries is a diversified corporation withseparate operating divisions. Each division’s performance isevaluated on the basis of profit and return on investment. The AirComfort Division manufactures and sells air-conditioner units. Thecoming year’s budgeted income statement, which follows, is basedupon a sales volume of 15,000 units.​

AIR COMFORT DIVISIONBudgeted Income Statement(In thousands)

Total Per Unit

Sales revenue $12,000 $800

Manufacturingcosts:

Compressor $2,100 $140

Other direct material 1,110 74

Direct labor 900 60

Variable overhead 1,350 90

Fixed overhead 96064

Total manufacturing costs $6,420$428

Gross margin $5,580$372

Operatingexpenses:

Variable selling $540$36

Fixed selling 570 38

Fixed administrative 1,14076

Total operating expenses $2,250$150

Net income before taxes $3,330 $222

Air Comfort’s division manager believes sales can be increasedif the price of the air-conditioners is reduced. A market researchstudy by an independent firm indicates that a 5 percent reductionin the selling price would increase sales volume 16 percent or2,400 units. The division has sufficient production capacity tomanage this increased volume with no increase in fixed costs.

The Air Comfort Division uses acompressor in its units, which it purchases from an outsidesupplier at a cost of $140 per compressor. The Air Comfort Divisionmanager has asked the manager of the Compressor Division aboutselling compressor units to Air Comfort. The Compressor Divisioncurrently manufactures and sells a unit to outside firms which issimilar to the unit used by the Air Comfort Division. Thespecifications of the Air Comfort Division compressor are slightlydifferent, which would reduce the Compressor Division’s directmaterial cost by $3 per unit. In addition, the Compressor Divisionwould not incur any variable selling costs in the units sold to theAir Comfort Division. The manager of the Air Comfort Division wantsall of the compressors it uses to come from one supplier and hasoffered to pay $100 for each compressor unit.

The Compressor Division has thecapacity to produce 75,000 units. Its budgeted income statement forthe coming year, which follows, is based on a sales volume of64,000 units without considering Air Comfort’s proposal.

COMPRESSOR DIVISIONBudgeted Income Statement(In thousands)

TotalPer Unit

Sales revenue $12,800$200

Manufacturingcosts:

Direct material $1,536$24

Direct labor 1,02416

Variable overhead 1,28020

Fixed overhead 1,40822

Total manufacturing costs $5,248$82

Gross margin $7,552$118

Operatingexpenses:

Variable selling $768$12

Fixed selling 5128

Fixed administrative 89614

Total operating expenses $2,176$34

Net income before taxes $5,376$84

1. Independently of your answer to Required 1-a, assume the AirComfort Division needs 17,400 units. Calculate theincrease/decrease in net income before taxes for the CompressorDivision if it supplies the 17,400 compressor units for $100 each.(Round intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places andyour final answer to the nearest whole dollar amount. Enter youranswer in dollars and not in thousands.

Decrease in net income before taxes of $ _____________?

2. Independently of your answer to Required 1-a, assume the AirComfort Division needs 17,400 units. Calculate theincrease/decrease in net income before taxes for ContinentalIndustries if the Compressor Division supplies the 17,400compressor units for $100 each. (Enter your answer indollars and not in thousands.)

Increase in net income before taxes of $ _________________?

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Lelia Lubowitz
Lelia LubowitzLv2
28 Sep 2019

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