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Question 1 1. Belle Company manufactures and sells dresses at a variable cost of $16 each and a fixed cost of x. It can sell 8,000 dresses at a selling price of $54 to earn an operating income of $154,000 or it can sell 6,500 dresses at a selling price of $66 and another 4,000 dresses at a selling price of $52. Which alternative should Belle choose? Answer the following questions. (Click the icon to view question 1.) (Click the icon to view question 2.) 1. Belle Company manufactures and sells dresses at a variable cost of $16 each and a fixed cost of x. It can sell 8,000 dresses at a selling price of $54 to earn an operating income of $154,000 (Option 1) or it can sell 6,500 dresses at a selling price of $66 and another 4,000 dresses at a selling price of $52 (Option 2). Which alternative should Belle choose? Option 1 operating income: Question 2 2. Choi Corporation manufactures and sells a special kind of ball bearing. Its cost structure depends on the number of bearings it produces. Its fixed costs and variable manufacturing cost per unit for different ranges of production are described in the following table: Choi's sales director believes the company can sell 2,200 units at a selling price of $360; or 4,200 units at a price of $310; or 6,200 units at a price of $235. If it chose to sell 6,200 units, however, it would incur additional advertising costs of $66,000 and variable selling costs of $3 per unit. Should Choi Corporation plan to produce and sell (a) 2,200 units (b) 4,200 units or (c) 6,200 units