Starbex, Inc., produces cutlery sets out of high-quality wood and steel. The company makes a Standard set and a Deluxe set and sells them to retail department stores throughout the country. The Standard set sells for $64, and the Deluxe set sells for $79. The variable expenses associated with each set are given below.

Standard Deluxe

Variable production costs $ 17.00 $ 32.00

Sales commissions (17% of sales price) $ 10.88 $ 13.43

The companys fixed expenses each month are:

Advertising $ 107,000

Depreciation $ 22,300

Administrative $ 64,000

Mary Parsons, the financial vice president, watches sales commissions carefully and has noted that they have risen steadily over the last year. For this reason, she was shocked to find that even though sales have increased, profits for the current monthMayare down substantially from April. Sales, in sets, for the last two months are given below:

Standard Deluxe Total

April 4,200 2,200 6,400

May 1,200 5,200 6,400

Required:

1-a. Prepare contribution format income statement for April.

1-b. Prepare contribution format income statement for May.

2-a. Compute the break-even point in dollar sales for April.

2-b. Would the break-even point in May be higher or lower than the break-even point in April?