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Fanning company is considering the addition of a new product to its cosmetics line. the company has three distinctly different options: a skin cream, a bath oil, or a hair coloring gel. relevant information and budgeted annual income statements for each of the products follow. skin cream bath oil color gel budgeted sales in units (a) 110,000 190,000 70,000 expected sales price (b) $8 $4 $11 variable costs per unit (c) $2 $2 $7 income statements sales revenue (a × b) $880,000 $760,000 $770,000 variable costs (a × c) (220,000) (380,000) (490,000) contribution margin 660,000 380,000 280,000 fixed costs (432,000) (240,000) (76,000) net income $228,000 $140,000 $204,000 required: (a) determine the margin of safety as a percentage for each product. (b) prepare revised income statements for each product, assuming a 20 percent increase in the budgeted sales volume. (c) for each product, determine the percentage change in net income that results from the 20 percent increase in sales. (d) assuming that management is pessimistic and risk averse, which product should the company add to its cosmetics line? (e) assuming that management is optimistic and risk aggressive, which product should the company add to its cosmetics line?

land, a building and equipment are acquired for a lump sum of $ 1,000,000. the market values of the land, building and equipment are $ 300,000, $ 800,000 and $ 300,000, respectively. what is the cost assigned to the equipment? (do not round any intermediary calculations, and round your final answer to the nearest dollar.)

The following cost and inventory data are taken from the accounting records of mason company for the year just completed: costs incurred: direct labor cost $ 90,000 purchases of raw materials $ 134,000 manufacturing overhead $ 205,000 advertising expense $ 45,000 sales salaries $ 101,000 depreciation, office equipment $ 225,000 beginning of the year end of the year inventories: raw materials $ 8,100 $ 10,300 work in process $ 5,900 $ 21,000 finished goods $ 77,000 $ 25,800 required: 1. prepare a schedule of cost of goods manufactured. 2. prepare the cost of goods sold section of mason company’s income statement for the year.