Help Sa Morton Company's contribution format income statement for last month is given below: 1,032,000 722,400 309,600 247,680 61,920 Fixed The industry in which Morton 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 ynused capacity and is 1. New equipment has come onto the market that would allow Morton Company to automate a portion of its operations. Variable would be reduced by $7.20 per unit. However, fixed expenses would increase to a total of $557,280 each month. Prepare bution format income statements, one showing present operations and one showing how operations would appear if the two c new equipment is purchased 2. Refer to the income statements in (1). For the present operations and the proposed new operations, compute (a) the degree of leverage, (b) the break-even point in dollar sales, and (c) the margin of safety in dollars and the margin of safety percentage. 3. Refer again to the data in (). As a manager, what factor would be paramount in your mind in deciding whether to purchase the new equipment? (Assume that enough funds are available to make the purchase.) 4. Refer to the original data. Rather than purchase new equipment, the marketing manager argues that the company's marketing strategy should be changed. Rather than pay sales commissions, which are currently included in variable expenses, the company would pay salespersons fixed salaries and would invest heavily in advertising. The marketing manager claims this new approach would increase unit sales by 30% without any change in selling price; the company's new monthly fixed expenses would be $261,096, and net operating income would increase by 20%. Com pute the com pany's break-even point in dollar sales under the new marketing K Prev5 5l Next