Kern Company prepared the following tentative budget for next month:     Sales ...................          R500 000     Selling price ...........        R5 per unit     Variable expenses .......   R300 000     Fixed expenses ..........    R150 000            The sales manager argues that the unit selling price could be increased by 20%, with an expected volume decrease of only 10%. If Kern incorporates these changes in its budget, what should be the budgeted net income?   A. R120 000   B. R90 000   C.  R66 000   D. R145 000

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Kern Company prepared the following tentative budget for next month:

    Sales ...................          R500 000

    Selling price ...........        R5 per unit

    Variable expenses .......   R300 000

    Fixed expenses ..........    R150 000

 

         The sales manager argues that the unit selling price could be increased by 20%, with an expected volume decrease of only 10%. If Kern incorporates these changes in its budget, what should be the budgeted net income?

  A.

R120 000

  B.

R90 000

  C.

 R66 000

  D.

R145 000

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