Neer Writing Co. is planning to introduce a new luxury pen that can be manufactured using either a capital-intensive method or a labor-intensive method. The predicted manufacturing costs for each method are as follows: Cost Component Direct materials per unit Direct labor per unit Capital- Intensive $4.50 $6.30 Variable manufacturing overhead per unit $5.20 Fixed manufacturing overhead per year $2,700,000 Labor- Intensive $7.20 $14.50 $3.00 $840,000 Neer Writing Co.'s market research department has recommended an introductory unit sales price of $34. The incremental selling costs are predicted to be $3 per unit sold. Management wants to know more about the effect of each alternative on operating leverage. Compute operating leverage for the labor-intensive method at a volume of 280,000 units. Round the answer to two decimal places.

Neer Writing Co. is planning to introduce a new luxury pen that can be manufactured using either a capital-intensive method or a labor-intensive method. The predicted manufacturing costs for each method are as follows: Cost Component Direct materials per unit Direct labor per unit Capital- Intensive $4.50 $6.30 Variable manufacturing overhead per unit $5.20 Fixed manufacturing overhead per year $2,700,000 Labor- Intensive $7.20 $14.50 $3.00 $840,000 Neer Writing Co.'s market research department has recommended an introductory unit sales price of $34. The incremental selling costs are predicted to be $3 per unit sold. Management wants to know more about the effect of each alternative on operating leverage. Compute operating leverage for the labor-intensive method at a volume of 280,000 units. Round the answer to two decimal places.

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