Frieden Company's contribution format income statement for the most recent month is given below:

Sales (46,000 units) $ 966,000

Variable expenses 676,200

Contribution margin 289,800

Fixed expenses 231,840

Net operating income $ 57,960

The industry in which Frieden Company operates is quite sensitive to cyclical movements in the economy. Thus, profits vary considerably from year to year according to general economic conditions. The company has a large amount of unused capacity and is studying ways of improving profits.

Required:

1.

New equipment has come on the market that would allow Frieden Company to automate a portion of its operations. Variable expenses would be reduced by $6.30 per unit. However, fixed expenses would increase to a total of $521,640 each month. Prepare two contribution format income statements, one showing present operations and one showing how operations would appear if the new equipment is purchased. (Input all amounts as positive values except losses which should be indicated by minus sign. Round your "Per unit" answers to 2 decimal places. Omit the "$" and "%" signs in your response.)

Present

Proposed

Amount Per Unit % Amount Per Unit %