Triton Company's copy department, which does almost all of the photocopying for the sales department and the administrative department, budgets the following costs for the year, based on the expected activity ofcopies:

Salaries (fixed) $88,000

Employee benefits (fixed) 10,000

Depreciation of copy machines (fixed) 10,000

Utilities (fixed) 5,000

Paper (variable, 1 cent per copy) 50,000

Toner (variable, 1 cent per copy) 50,000

The costs are assigned to two cost pools, one for fixed and one for variable costs. The costs are then assigned to the sales department and the administrative department. Fixed costs are assigned on a lump-sum basis, 40 percent to sales and 60 percent to administration. The variable costs are assigned at a rate of 2 cents per copy. Assumingthe following copies were made during the year, 2,797,750 for sales and 2,983,750 for administration, calculate the copy department costs allocated to sales.

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Mama Italian Sauce

Production Cost Budget

April 2008

Production - Jars of sauce

20,000

Ingredient cost (variable)

$16,000

Labor cost (variable)

9,000

Rent (fixed)

4,000

Depreciation (fixed)

6,000

Other (fixed)

1,000

Total

$36,000

The company is currently producing and sellingjars of sauceThe jars of sauce sell for $4 per jar.The company is considering lowering the price to $3.70 per jar.Suppose this action will increase sales.What is the incremental costs associated with producing an extra 72,500 jars of sauce?

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Consider the production cost information for Mama Italiano Sauce given below:

Mama Italiano Sauce

Production Cost Budget

April 2008

Production - Jars of sauce

20,000

Ingredient cost (variable)

$16,000

Labor cost (variable)

9,000

Rent (fixed)

4,000

Depreciation (fixed)

6,000

Other (fixed)

1,000

Total

$36,000

The company is currently producing and selling 250,000 jars of sauce annually.The jars of sauce sell for $4 per jar.The company is considering lowering the price to $3.65 per jar.Suppose this action will increase sales to 310,500 jars of sauce.What is the incremental revenue associated with the price reduction of sauce?