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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:

	Total Company		Office
			Chicago		Minneapolis
Sales	$ 501,000	100%	$ 175,500	100%	$ 325,500	100%
Variable expenses	250,500	50%	52,650	30%	195,300	60%
Contribution margin	250,500	50%	122,850	70%	130,200	40%
Traceable fixed expenses	140,280	28%	91,260	52%	52,080	16%
Office segment margin	110,220	22%	$ 31,590	18%	$ 78,120	24%
Common fixed expenses not traceable to offices	70,140	14%
Net operating income	$ 40,080	8%

Required:

1-a. Compute the companywide break-even point in dollar sales.

1-b. Compute the break-even point for the Chicago office and for the Minneapolis office.

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?

2. By how much would the companys net operating income increase if Minneapolis increased its sales by $83,500 per year? Assume no change in cost behavior patterns.

3. Assume that sales in Chicago increase by $58,500 next year and that sales in Minneapolis remain unchanged. Assume no change in fixed costs.

a. Prepare a new segmented income statement for the company. (Round your intermediate calculations and percentage answers to 1 decimal place (i.e. 0.1234 should be entered as 12.3 and other answers to the nearest whole dollar.))