* Your answer is incorrect. Try again. Waterways is thinking of mass-producing one of its special-order sprinklers. To do so would increase variable costs for all sprinklers by an average of $0.70 per unit. The company also estimates that this change could increase the overall number of sprinklers sold by 10%, and the average sales price would increase $0.20 per unit. Waterways currently sells 497,000 sprinkler units at an average selling price of $25.60. The manufacturing costs are $6,925,390 variable and $1,733,086 fixed. Selling and administrative costs are $2,617,010 variable and $783,290 fixed. If Waterways begins mass-producing its special-order sprinklers, how would this affect the company? (Round ratio to 0 decimal places, e.g. 5% and Net income to O decimal places, e.g. 2,520.) Current New Effect Contribution margin ratio by Net income by LINK TO TEXT LINK TO TEXT LINK TO TEXT * Your answer is incorrect. Try again. our answer is incorrect. Try again. Waterways is thinking of mass-producing one of its special-order sprinklers. To do so would increase variable costs for all sprinklers by an average of $0.70 per unit. The company also estimates that this change could increase the overall number of sprinklers sold by 10%, and the average sales price would increase $0.20 per unit. Waterways currently sells 497,000 sprinkler units at an average selling price of $25.60. The manufacturing costs are $6,925,390 variable and $1,733,086 fixed. Selling and administrative costs are $2,617,010 variable and $783,290 fixed. If the average sales price per sprinkler unit did not increase when the company began mass-producing the special-order sprinkler, what would be the effect on the company? (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 5% or 2,520.) X x Contribution margin ratio by % X X Profit by Click if you would like to Show Work for this question: Open Show Work The Vice President for Sales and Marketing at Waterways Corporation is planning for production needs to meet sales demand in the coming year. He is also trying to determine how the company's profits might be increased in the coming year. This problem asks you to use cost-volume-profit concepts to help Waterways understand contribution margins of some of its products and decide whether to mass-produce any of them. Waterways markets a simple water control and timer that it mass-produces. Last year, the company sold 751,000 units at an average selling price of $4.90 per unit. The variable costs were $2,575,930, and the fixed costs were $772,779. Your answer is correct. What is the product's contribution margin ratio? (Round ratio to 0 decimal places, e.g. 25%.) Contribution margin ratio 30 % LINK TO TEXT LINK TO TEXT LINK TO TEXT Your answer is correct. What is the company's break-even point in units and in dollars for this product? Break-even point in units 525700 units Break-even point in dollars 2575930 X Your answer is incorrect. Try again. If sales increase by 49,000 units and the cost behaviors do not change, how much will income increase on this product? x Income will increase by LINK TO TEXT LINK TO TEXT LINK TO TEXT
