Carbex, Inc., produces cutlery sets out of high-quality wood and steel. The company makes a Standard...

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Carbex, Inc., produces cutlery sets out of high-quality wood and steel. The company makes a Standard set and a Deluxe set and sells them to retail department stores throughout the country. The Standard set sells for $64, and the Deluxe set sells for $79. The variable expenses associated with each set are given below. Variable production costs Sales commissions (17% of sales price) The company's fixed expenses each month are: Advertising Depreciation Administrative $ 107,000 $ 22,300 $ 64,000 April May Standard $ 17.00 $ 10.88 Mary Parsons, the financial vice president, watches sales commissions carefully and has noted that they have risen steadily over the last year. For this reason, she was shocked to find that even though sales have increased, profits for the current month-May-are- down substantially from April. Sales, in sets, for the last two months are given below. Standard Deluxe Total 4,200 2,200 6,400 1,200 5,200 6,400 Deluxe $ 32.00 $ 13.43 Required: 1-a Prepare contribution format income statements for April 1b. Prepare contribution format income statements for May 3-a. Compute the break-even point in dollar sales for April 3-b. Would the break-even point in May be higher or lower than the break-even point in April? Carbex, Inc., produces cutlery sets out of high-quality wood and steel. The company makes a Standard set and a Deluxe set and sells them to retail department stores throughout the country. The Standard set sells for $64, and the Deluxe set sells for $79. The variable expenses associated with each set are given below. Variable production costs Sales commissions (17% of sales price) The company's fixed expenses each month are: Advertising Depreciation Administrative $ 107,000 $ 22,300 $ 64,000 April May Standard $ 17.00 $ 10.88 Mary Parsons, the financial vice president, watches sales commissions carefully and has noted that they have risen steadily over the last year. For this reason, she was shocked to find that even though sales have increased, profits for the current month-May-are- down substantially from April. Sales, in sets, for the last two months are given below. Standard Deluxe Total 4,200 2,200 6,400 1,200 5,200 6,400 Deluxe $ 32.00 $ 13.43 Required: 1-a Prepare contribution format income statements for April 1b. Prepare contribution format income statements for May 3-a. Compute the break-even point in dollar sales for April 3-b. Would the break-even point in May be higher or lower than the break-even point in April?

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