Raner, Harris, & Chan is a consulting firm that specializes in information systems for medical and dental clinics. The firm has two officesone in Chicago and one in Minneapolis. The firm classifies the direct costs of consulting jobs as variable costs. A contribution format segmented income statement for the companys most recent year is given below:

					Office
	Total Company				Chicago				Minneapolis
Sales	$	825,000	100.0	%	$	165,000	100	%	$	660,000	100	%
Variable expenses		445,500	54.0	%		49,500	30	%		396,000	60	%
Contribution margin		379,500	46.0	%		115,500	70	%		264,000	40	%
Traceable fixed expenses		184,800	22.4	%		85,800	52	%		99,000	15	%
Office segment margin		194,700	23.6	%	$	29,700	18	%	$	165,000	25	%
Common fixed expenses not traceable to offices		132,000	16.0	%
Net operating income	$	62,700	7.6	%

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value: 3.12 points

Required information

Required:

1-a. Compute the companywide break-even point in dollar sales. (Round "CM ratio" to 2 decimal places and final answer to the nearest whole dollar amount.)

1-b. Compute the break-even point in sales dollars for the Chicago office and for the Minneapolis office. (Round "CM ratio" to 2 decimal places and final answers to the nearest whole dollar amount.)

1-c. Is the companywide break-even point greater than, less than, or equal to the sum of the Chicago and Minneapolis break-even points?

	Greater than
	Less than
	Equal to

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WorksheetLearning Objective: 05-04 Prepare a segmented income statement that differentiates traceable fixed costs from common fixed costs and use it to make decisions.

Difficulty: 1 EasyLearning Objective: 05-05 Compute companywide and segment break-even points for a company with traceable fixed costs.

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value: 3.12 points

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2. By how much would the companys net operating income increase if Minneapolis increased its sales by $82,500 per year? Assume no change in cost behavior patterns.

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WorksheetLearning Objective: 05-04 Prepare a segmented income statement that differentiates traceable fixed costs from common fixed costs and use it to make decisions.

Difficulty: 1 EasyLearning Objective: 05-05 Compute companywide and segment break-even points for a company with traceable fixed costs.

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value: 3.12 points

Required information

3. Refer to the original data. Assume that sales in Chicago increase by $55,000 next year and that sales in Minneapolis remain unchanged. Assume no change in fixed costs.

a. Prepare a new segmented contribution format income statement for the company. (Do not round your intermediate percentage answers and round your final percentage answers to 1 decimal place (i.e. .1234 should be entered as 12.3)