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Problem 6 (10 points): Armor Sports, Inc. has two product lines-baseball bats an

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Question

Problem 6 (10 points): Armor Sports, Inc. has two product lines-baseball bats and tennis rackets. The year is as follows: Total Baseball Bats Tennis Racke $600,000 $350,00 $60,00 100.000 $(40,000) ales revenue $950,000 ariable costs ontribution margin ixed costs perating income (490,000) $460,00 $400,00 loss $330,000 What is the effect of dropping tennis rackets line on the operating income of the company? (Assume that $20,000 fixed costs is avoidable and that there would be no adverse effect on other sales.)

Explanation / Answer

Problem 6

Effect of dropping tennis rackets line on the operating income of the company - Operating income reduces by 40,000

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Problem 8

Incremental selling price = 8.2 - 4.8 = 3.4

Incremantal sales = 150,000 * 3.4 = 510,000

Incremental further processing cost = 270,000

Affect on operating income = 510,000 - 270,000 = 240,000

Affect on operating income = Operating income increases by 240,000

Contribution margin lost (60,000) Avoidable fixed costs 20,000 Loss from dropping the product line (40,000)