Oriole Company reports the following operating results for the month of February: sales $888,000 (units 14,800); variable costs $506,160; and fixed costs $212,600. Management is considering the following independent courses of action to increase net income. 1. Increase selling price by 2.5% with no change in total variable costs or units sold. 2. Reduce variable costs to 53.40% of sales. (a) Your answer is correct. Compute the net income to be earned under each alternative. (Round per unit calculations to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.25 and final answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 125.) Which course of action will produce the highest net income? will produce the highest net income. Oriole's management is looking at longer term solutions to improve net income. One of the options it has reviewed will increase fixed expenses by $26,000 while reducing variable expenses by $2.00 per unit. Management feels that with these changes, the price of the product could be reduced by $1.00 per unit. The decrease in price will then result in an increase in unit sales of 5%. Compute the net income to be earned under this alternative. Do you recommend this option? Why or why not? (Round per unit calculations to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.25 and final answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 125.) Net Income $ This option is as it Long term