Required A Required B1 Required B2 Required 83 Required C Because the calculator division is currently operating at a loss, should it be eliminated from the company's operations? Support your answer with appropriate computations. Specifically, by what amount would the segment's elimination increase or decrease profitability? (Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign.) Contribution to profit (loss) Should it be eliminated from the company's operations?
Required A Required B1 Required B2 Required 83 Required C Because the calculator division is currently operating at a loss, should it be eliminated from the company's operations? Support your answer with appropriate computations. Specifically, by what amount would the segment's elimination increase or decrease profitability? (Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign.) Contribution to profit (loss) Should it be eliminated from the company's operations?
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Campbell Corporation makes and sells state-of-the-art electronics products. One of its segments produces The Math Machine, an
inexpensive calculator. The company's chief accountant recently prepared the following income statement showing annual revenues
and expenses associated with the segment's operating activities. The relevant range for the production and sale of the calculators is
between 35,000 and 68,000 units per year.
Revenue (37,000 units x $9.00)
Unit-level variable costs
Materials cost (37,000 × $2.00)
Labor cost (37,000 × $1.00)
Manufacturing overhead (37,000 × $0.70)
Shipping and handling (37,000 × $0.34)
Sales commissions (37,000 × $1.00)
Contribution margin
Fixed expenses
Advertising costs
Salary of production supervisor
Allocated company-wide facility-level expenses
Net loss
$333,000
(74,000)
(37,000)
(25,900)
(12,580)
(37,000)
146, 520
Required
a. A large discount store has approached the owner of Campbell about buying 6,000 calculators. It would replace The Math
Machine's label with its own logo to avoid affecting Campbell's existing customers. Because the offer was made directly to the
owner, no sales commissions on the transaction would be involved, but the discount store is willing to pay only $5.00 per
calculator. Calculate the contribution margin from the special order. Based on quantitative factors alone, should Campbell accept
the special order?
(24,000)
(64,000)
(77,000)
$(18,480)
b-1. Campbell has an opportunity to buy the 35,000 calculators it currently makes from a reliable competing manufacturer for $5.50
each. The product meets Campbell's quality standards. Campbell could continue to use its own logo, advertising program, and
sales force to distribute the products. Calculate the total cost for Campbell to make and buy the 35,000 calculators.
b-2. Should Campbell buy the calculators or continue to make them?
b-3. Should Campbell buy the calculators or continue to make them, if the volume of sales were increased to 68,000 units?
c. Because the calculator division is currently operating at a loss, should it be eliminated from the company's operations? Support
your answer with appropriate computations. Specifically, by what amount would the segment's elimination increase or decrease
profitability?
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Contribution to profit (loss)
Should it be eliminated from the company's operations?
Required A Required B1 Required B2 Required B3
Because the calculator division is currently operating at a loss, should it be eliminated from the company's operations?
Support your answer with appropriate computations. Specifically, by what amount would the segment's elimination
increase or decrease profitability? (Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign.)
Required C
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