Data concerning Lemelin Corporation's single product appear below:Selling priceVariable expensesContribution marginPer Unit$ 230115$ 115Percent ofSales100%50%50%The company is currently selling 7,000 units per month. Fixed expenses are $581,000 per month.The marketing manager would like to cut the selling price by $18 and increase the advertising budget by $37,000 per month. The marketing managerpredicts that these two changes would increase monthly sales by 1,600 units. What should be the overall effect on the company's monthly net operatingincome of this change? Oincrease of $118,200decrease of $118,200increase of $302,200decrease of $7,800

Particulars Current Proposed Sales (230*7000)=$1,610,000 212*(7000+1600)=$1,823,200 Variable…

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