Feather Friends, Incorporated, distributes a high-quality wooden birdhouse that sells for $40 per unit. Variable expenses are $20.00 per unit, and fixed expenses total $200,000 per year. Its operating results for last year were as follows:   Sales $ 1,040,000 Variable expenses 520,000 Contribution margin 520,000 Fixed expenses 200,000 Net operating income $ 320,000   Required: Answer each question independently based on the original data: 3. Assume this year’s unit sales and total sales increase by 58,000 units and $2,320,000, respectively. If the fixed expenses do not change, how much will net operating income increase?   4-a. What is the degree of operating leverage based on last year's sales? 4-b. Assume the president expects this year's unit sales to increase by 19%. Using the degree of operating leverage from last year, what percentage increase in net operating income will the company realize this year?

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Feather Friends, Incorporated, distributes a high-quality wooden birdhouse that sells for $40 per unit. Variable expenses are $20.00 per unit, and fixed expenses total $200,000 per year. Its operating results for last year were as follows:
 

Sales $ 1,040,000
Variable expenses 520,000
Contribution margin 520,000
Fixed expenses 200,000
Net operating income $ 320,000

 

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Answer each question independently based on the original data:

3. Assume this year’s unit sales and total sales increase by 58,000 units and $2,320,000, respectively. If the fixed expenses do not change, how much will net operating income increase?

 

4-a. What is the degree of operating leverage based on last year's sales?

4-b. Assume the president expects this year's unit sales to increase by 19%. Using the degree of operating leverage from last year, what percentage increase in net operating income will the company realize this year?

 

 

 

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