Mercury LLP does not currently extend credit to their customers. They manufacture guitars and sell them to specialty retailers in Canada. Last year the company sold 700 guitars at a price of $380.00 per guitar The company is considering offering new credit terms of net 30 days to all customers to drive sales. They believe the competitive advantage this new policy would provide would allow Mercury LLP to increase the selling price of their product by $10.00 per unit and increasing sales by 90 units per year, Variable costs are expected to remain at $310.00 per unit and bad debt expense will be $5,000 per year. (Note the wording here Total Contribution Margin will go up for two reasons. First, there will be a price increase on the existing 700 guitars being Sold Second, there will be an additional 90 guitars sold at the new price Perform your analysis on total sales and total contribution margin, not just the change in sales volume) Mercury LLP expects that all customers will take advantage of the new terms (l.e. they will all pay Mercury LLP 30 days after a sale is recorded). So, for the first time in the company's history they will have an accounts receivable balance in current assets and a bad-debt expense. The increase in sales will also mean an increase in the inventory they hold. Inventory is currently sitting at $460,000 and is expected to increase by 20 percent. The firm will finance the additional investment in working capital by using a line of credit (bank Joan) which charges 9 percent interest per year Required: A. Calculate the increase in current assets and the costs to finance that increase: Center of numbers as whole numbers) Description New Old Difference $ N/A Accounts receivable Inventory Current assets Bank interest costs 8. Calculate the impact of changing the credit policy on contribution margin: Description New Old Difference