Question 1 Brett Stern was hired during January 2017 to manage the home products division of Hi-Tech Products. As part of his employment contract, he was told that he would get $6,000 of additional bonus for every 1% increase that the division's profits exceeded those of the previous year Soon after coming on board, Brett met with his plant managers and explained that he wanted the plants to be run at full capacity. Previously, the plant had employed just-in-time inventory practices and had consequently produced units only as they were needed. Brett stated that under previous management the company had missed out on too many sales opportunities because it didn't have enough inventory on hand. Because previous management had employed just-in-time inventory practices, when Brett came on board there was virtually no beginning inventory. The selling price and variable costs per unit remained the same from 2016 to 2017 Additional information is provided below 2016 2017 Net income Units produced Unit sold Fixed manufacturing overhead costs Fixed manufacturing overhead costs per unit $360,000 $630,000 36,000 30,000 $1,620,000 $1,620,000 $45.00 30,000 30,000 $54.00 Your answer is correct Calculate Brett's bonus based upon the net income shown above. (Round answer to 0 decimal places, e.g. 5,275.) Bonus based upon net income 450,000 Attempts: 1 of 3 used ? (b) Your answer is correct Recompute the 2016 and 2017 results using variable costing. 2016 2017 Net income 360,000 360,000