Big Foot produces sports socks. The company has fixed expenses of $95,000 and variable expenses of...

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Big Foot produces sports socks. The company has fixed expenses of $95,000 and variable expenses of $0.95 per package. Each package sells for $1.90. The number of packages Big Foot needed to sell to earn a $26,000 operating income was 127,369 packages (rounded). If Big Foot can decrease its variable costs to $0.75 per package by increasing its fixed costs to $110,000, how many packages will it have to sell to generate $26,000 of operating income? Is this more or less than before? Why? Begin by identifying the formula to compute the sales in units at various levels of operating income using the contribution margin approach. ( Fixed expenses Operating income (Round your answer up to the nearest whole unit.) Big Foot will have to sell )+ Contribution margin per unit = Sales in units 9 packages to generate $26,000 of operating income. Big Foot produces sports socks. The company has fixed expenses of $95,000 and variable expenses of $0.95 per package. Each package sells for $1.90. The number of packages Big Foot needed to sell to earn a $26,000 operating income was 127,369 packages (rounded). If Big Foot can decrease its variable costs to $0.75 per package by increasing its fixed costs to $110,000, how many packages will it have to sell to generate $26,000 of operating income? Is this more or less than before? Why? Begin by identifying the formula to compute the sales in units at various levels of operating income using the contribution margin approach. ( Fixed expenses Operating income (Round your answer up to the nearest whole unit.) Big Foot will have to sell )+ Contribution margin per unit = Sales in units 9 packages to generate $26,000 of operating income.