Andretti Company has a single product called a Dak. The company normally produces and sells 88,000 Daks each year at a selling price of $56 per unit. The companys unit costs at this level of activity are given below:

Direct materials $ 7.50

Direct labor 10.00

Variable manufacturing overhead 2.50

Fixed manufacturing overhead 5.00 ($440,000 total)

Variable selling expenses 2.70 Fixed selling expenses 4.00 ($352,000 total)

Total cost per unit $ 31.70

A number of questions relating to the production and sale of Daks follow. Each question is independent.

Required:

1-a. Assume that Andretti Company has sufficient capacity to produce 110,000 Daks each year without any increase in fixed manufacturing overhead costs. The company could increase its unit sales by 25% above the present 88,000 units each year if it were willing to increase the fixed selling expenses by $130,000. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of investing an additional $130,000 in fixed selling expenses?

1-b. Would the additional investment be justified?

2. Assume again that Andretti Company has sufficient capacity to produce 110,000 Daks each year. A customer in a foreign market wants to purchase 22,000 Daks. If Andretti accepts this order it would have to pay import duties on the Daks of $1.70 per unit and an additional $11,000 for permits and licenses. The only selling costs that would be associated with the order would be $2.50 per unit shipping cost. What is the break-even price per unit on this order?

3. The company has 700 Daks on hand that have some irregularities and are therefore considered to be "seconds." Due to the irregularities, it will be impossible to sell these units at the normal price through regular distribution channels. What is the unit cost figure that is relevant for setting a minimum selling price?

4. Due to a strike in its suppliers plant, Andretti Company is unable to purchase more material for the production of Daks. The strike is expected to last for two months. Andretti Company has enough material on hand to operate at 25% of normal levels for the two-month period. As an alternative, Andretti could close its plant down entirely for the two months. If the plant were closed, fixed manufacturing overhead costs would continue at 30% of their normal level during the two-month period and the fixed selling expenses would be reduced by 20% during the two-month period.

a. How much total contribution margin will Andretti forgo if it closes the plant for two months?

b. How much total fixed cost will the company avoid if it closes the plant for two months?

c. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of closing the plant for the two-month period?

d. Should Andretti close the plant for two months?

5. An outside manufacturer has offered to produce 88,000 Daks and ship them directly to Andrettis customers. If Andretti Company accepts this offer, the facilities that it uses to produce Daks would be idle; however, fixed manufacturing overhead costs would be reduced by 30%. Because the outside manufacturer would pay for all shipping costs, the variable selling expenses would be only two-thirds of their present amount. What is Andrettis avoidable cost per unit that it should compare to the price quoted by the outside manufacturer?

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Jackson County Senior Services is a nonprofit organization devoted to providing essential services to seniors who live in their own homes within the Jackson County area. Three services are provided for seniorshome nursing, Meals On Wheels, and housekeeping. Data on revenue and expenses for the past year follow:

Total

Home Nursing

Meals On Wheels

House-keeping

Revenues $ 923,000 $ 264,000 $ 406,000 $ 253,000

Variable expenses 479,000 118,000 203,000 158,000

Contribution margin 444,000 146,000 203,000 95,000

Fixed expenses:

Depreciation 69,500 8,300 40,800 20,400

Liability insurance 43,700 20,400 7,500 15,800

Program administrators salaries 114,700 40,200 38,600 35,900

General administrative overhead* 184,600 52,800 81,200 50,600

Total fixed expenses 412,500 121,700 168,100 122,700

Net operating income (loss) $ 31,500 $ 24,300 $ 34,900 $ (27,700)

*Allocated on the basis of program revenues. The head administrator of Jackson County Senior Services, Judith Miyama, considers last years net operating income of $31,500 to be unsatisfactory; therefore, she is considering the possibility of discontinuing the housekeeping program. The depreciation in housekeeping is for a small van that is used to carry the housekeepers and their equipment from job to job. If the program were discontinued, the van would be donated to a charitable organization. None of the general administrative overhead would be avoided if the housekeeping program were dropped, but the liability insurance and the salary of the program administrator would be avoided.

Required:

1-a. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of discontinuing the Housekeeping program?

1-b. Should the Housekeeping program be discontinued?

2-a. Prepare a properly formatted segmented income statement.

2-b. Would a segmented income statement format be more useful to management in assessing the long-run financial viability of the various services?

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. If the T-bone steaks are sold as initially cut, the company figures that a 1-pound T-bone steak would yield the following profit:

Selling price ($2.20 per pound) $ 2.20

Less joint costs incurred up to the split-off point whereT-bone steak can be identified as a separate product 1.70

Profit per pound $ 0.50

If the company were to further process the T-bone steaks, then cutting one side of a T-bone steak provides the filet mignon and cutting the other side provides the New York cut. One 16-ounce T-bone steak cut in this way will yield one 6-ounce filet mignon and one 8-ounce New York cut; the remaining ounces are waste. It costs $0.16 to further process one T-bone steak into the filet mignon and New York cuts. The filet mignon can be sold for $4.00 per pound, and the New York cut can be sold for $3.30 per pound.

Required:

1. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of further processing one T-bone steak into filet mignon and New York cut steaks?

2. Would you recommend that the T-bone steaks be sold as initially cut or processed further?