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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 $70, and the Deluxe set sells for $85. The variable expenses associated with each set are given below.

Standard Deluxe
Variable production costs $ 20.00 $ 35.00
Sales commissions (20% of sales price) $ 14.00 $ 17.00

The companys fixed expenses each month are:

Advertising $ 110,000
Depreciation $ 23,200
Administrative $ 65,500

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 monthMayare down substantially from April. Sales, in sets, for the last two months are given below:

Standard Deluxe Total
April 4,500 2,500 7,000
May 1,500 5,500 7,000

Required:

1-a. Prepare contribution format income statements for April.

1-b. 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.
Income Statement For April
Standard Deluxe Total
Amount % Amount % Amount %
% % %
Variable expenses:
% % %
% % %
% % %
% % %
Total variable expenses 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 %
$0 0.0 % $0 0.0 % $0 0.0 %
Fixed expenses:
Total fixed expenses 0
$0

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