Last year Minden Company introduced a new product and sold 25,100 units of it at a price of $98 per unit. The product's variable expenses are $68 per unit and its fixed expenses are $831,300 per year. Required (20 marks): 1. What was this product's net operating income (loss) last year? 2. What is the product's break-even point in unit sales and dollar sales? 3. Assume the company has conducted a marketing study that estimates it can increase annual sales of this product by 5,000 units for each $2 reduction in its selling price. If the company will only consider price reductions in increments of $2 (e.g., $68, $66, etc.), what is the maximum annual profit that it can earn on this product? What sales volume and selling price per unit generate the maximum profit? 4. What would be the break-even point in unit sales and in dollar sales using the selling price that you determined in requirement 3?

Huron Company produces a commercial cleaning compound known as Zoom. The direct materials and direct labor standards for one unit of Zoom are given in the table below: During the most recent month, the following activity was recorded: a. 19,250.00 pounds of material were purchased at a cost of $1.70 per pound. b. All of the material purchased was used to produce 2,500 units of Zoom. c. 400 hours of direct labor time were recorded at a total labor cost of $5,200. Required (20 marks): 1. Compute the materials price and quantity variances for the month. 2. Compute the labor rate and efficiency variances for the month. (For all requirements, Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values. Round your intermediate calculations to the nearest whole dollar.)