Louisville Jar Co. has processing plants in Kentucky and Pennsylvania. Both plants use recycled glass to produce jars that a variety of food processors use in food canning. The jars sell for $10 per hundred units. Budgeted revenues and costs for the year ending December 31, 2014, in thousands of dollars, are:

	Kentucky	Pennsylvania	Total
Sales	$1,100	$2,000	$3,100
Variable production costs
Direct material	275	500	775
Direct labor	330	500	830
Factory overhead	220	350	570
Fixed factory overhead	350	450	800
Fixed regional promotional costs	50	50	100
Allocated home office costs	55	100	155
Total costs	1280	1950	3230
Operating income (loss) before tax	($180)	$50	($130)

Home office costs are fixed and are allocated to manufacturing plants on the basis of relative sales levels. Fixed regional promotional costs are discretionary advertising costs needed to obtain budgeted sales levels.

Because of the budgeted operating loss, Louisville Jar Co. is considering ceasing operations at its Kentucky plant. If it does so, proceeds from the sale of plant assets will exceed asset book values and exactly cover all termination costs; fixed factory overhead costs of $25,000 would not be eliminated. Louisville Jar Co. is considering the following three alternative plans:

PLAN A: Expand Kentucky's operations from its budgeted 11,000,000 units to a budgeted 17,000,000 units. It is believed that this can be accomplished by increasing Kentucky's fixed regional promotional expenditures by $120,000.

1. What is the unit contribution margin for the Kentucky Plant? (carry out to three decimal places)

$__.__ __ __ per unit

2. Compute the number of units that the Kentucky plant must produce and sell to cover all of the fixed cost (traceable and allocated). __________units (do not include words in your answer)

3. Compute the number of units that the Kentucky plant must produce and sell to cover all of the fixed cost (traceable and allocated) and generate a before tax profit of $140,000.? __________units

4. Compute the number of units that the Kentucky plant must produce and sell to cover all of the fixed cost (traceable and allocated) and generate an after tax profit of $140,000? (Assume a 30% tax rate for this company) __________units

Answer the following regarding Plan A

Prepare the segmented income statement for Louisville Jar Co. using the assumptions provided in Plan A.

5. What is the new contribution margin for the Kentucky processing plant?

6. What is the new segment margin for the Kentucky processing plant?

7. How much of the $155,000 in allocated fixed costs will be allocated to the Kentucky plant? (round to the nearest dollar)

8. What is Kentucky's estimated operating income (loss) if plan A is employed? (rounded to the nearest dollar) If a loss, include a negative sign before the number.

9. What is Pennsylvania's estimated operating income (loss) if plan A is employed? (rounded to the nearest dollar) If a loss, include a negative sign before the number.

10. What is Louisville Jar Co's total operating income (loss)? If a loss, include a negative sign before the number.

11. What is the overall impact to Louisville Jar Co's operating income if they implement Plan A. If it decreases operating income, include a negative sign before the number.