Data concerning Runnells Corporation's single product appear below: Per Unit % of Sales Selling Price.. $160 100% Variable Expenses. $80 50% Contribution Margin. $80 50% The company is currently selling 6,000 units per month. Fixed expenses are $424,000 per month. The marketing manager believes that a $7,000 increase budget would result in a 100 unit increase in monthly sales. What should be the overall effect on the company's monthly net operating income of this change? A. Increase of $8,000 B. Decrease of $1,000 C. Increase of $1,000 D. Decrease of $7,000 the monthly advertising

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Data concerning Runnells Corporation's single product appear below:
Per Unit % of Sales
Selling Price..
$160
100%
Variable Expenses..
$80
50%
Contribution Margin..
$80
50%
The company is currently selling 6,000 units per month. Fixed expenses are $424,000 per
month. The marketing manager believes that a $7,000 increase in the monthly advertising
budget would result in a 100 unit increase in monthly sales. What should be the overall
effect on the company's monthly net operating income of this change?
A. Increase of $8,000
B. Decrease of $1,000
C. Increase of $1,000
D. Decrease of $7,000
Transcribed Image Text:3. Data concerning Runnells Corporation's single product appear below: Per Unit % of Sales Selling Price.. $160 100% Variable Expenses.. $80 50% Contribution Margin.. $80 50% The company is currently selling 6,000 units per month. Fixed expenses are $424,000 per month. The marketing manager believes that a $7,000 increase in the monthly advertising budget would result in a 100 unit increase in monthly sales. What should be the overall effect on the company's monthly net operating income of this change? A. Increase of $8,000 B. Decrease of $1,000 C. Increase of $1,000 D. Decrease of $7,000
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Marginal Costing -

Marginal Costing is the method of computing operating profit by bifurcating variable costs and fixed costs. Variable costs vary through the increase in the level of output whereas fixed costs are fixed till a certain level of output level.

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