Merton Company's contribution format income statement for last month is given below: c. The margin of safety in both dollar and percentage terms. Sales (50,000 units x $20 per unit) Variable expenses $1,000,000 700,000 Present Proposed Contribution margin Fixed expenses 300.000 240,000 Margin of safety in dollar Margin of safety in percentage Net operating income S 80.000 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 unused capacity and is studying ways of improving profits. 3. Refer again to the data in (1) above. 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.) Required: 1. Now equipment has come onto the market that would allow Morton Company to automate a portion of its operations, Variable expenses would be reduced by $6.00 per unit. However, fixed expenses would increase to a total of S640,000 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. (Round your "Per unit' answers to 2 decimal places.) Stock lovol maintained Performance of peers in the indstry Reserves and surplus of the company Cyclical movements in the economy Morton Company Contribution Income Statement 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 foxexi salaries and would invest heavily in advertising. The marketing manager claims this new approach would increase unit sales by 50% without any change in selling price, the company's new monthly fixed expenses would be $300,000, and its net operating income would increase by 25%. Compute the break-even point in dollar sales for the company under the new marketing strategy Present Proposed Per Unit Amount Per Unit % Amount % New break even point in dollar sales 2. Refer to the income statements in (1) above. For both present operations and the proposed new operations, compute a The degree of operating leverage. Present Proposed Degree of operating leverage b. The break-even point in dollar sales. Present Proposed Break-even point in dollar