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Exercise 6-5 Changes in Variable Costs, Fixed Costs, Selling Price, and Volume [LO6-4]

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Data for Hermann Corporation are shown below:

	Per Unit				Percent of Sales
Selling price	$	70				100	%
Variable expenses		49				70
Contribution margin	$	21				30	%

Fixed expenses are $74,000 per month and the company is selling 4,400 units per month.

Exercise 6-5 Part 2

2-a. Refer to the original data. How much will net operating income increase (decrease) per month if the company uses higher-quality components that increase the variable expense by $4 per unit and increase unit sales by 25%.

2-b. Should the higher-quality components be used?