The postal service of St. Vincent, an island in the West Indies, obtains a significant portion of its revenues from sales of special souvenir sheets to stamp collectors. The postal service purchases the souvenir sheets from a supplier for $0.80 each. St. Vincent has been selling the souvenir sheets for $8.00 each and ordinarily sells about 80,000 units. To test the market, the postal service recently priced a new souvenir sheet at $7.00 and sales increased to 93,600 units.
Required:
1. What total contribution margin did the postal service earn when it sold 80,000 sheets at a price of $8.00 each?
2. By what percentage did the St. Vincent post office decrease its selling price? By what percentage did unit sales increase? (Round your answers to one-tenth of a percent.)
3. What total contribution margin did the postal service earn when it sold 93,600 sheets at a price of $7.00 each?
4. What was the postal service’s increase (decrease) in total contribution margin going from the higher price of $8.00 to the lower price of $7.00?
5. How many sheets would the postal service have to sell at the lower price of $7.00 to equal the total contribution margin earned at the higher price of $8.00? (Round your answer up to the nearest whole number.)
6. What percentage increase in the number of sheets sold at $7.00 must be achieved to equal the total contribution margin earned at the higher price of $8.00? (Round your answer up to the nearest one-tenth of a percent.)
7. A financial manager at the postal service has suggested that a more accurate comparison of the two pricing alternatives ($8.00 vs. $7.00) should include an allocation of the postal service’s common fixed costs. A portion of the common fixed costs would be allocated to each alternative using total sales dollars as the cost allocation base. He contends that this approach would help ensure that the postal service’s common fixed costs are covered by the prices that it charges customers. Do you agree?

Answer:

St. Vincent

1. Contribution margin with sales of 80,000 sheets at $8.00 each:

Sales revenue $640,000

Cost of sales       64,000

Contribution   $576,000

2. Percentage decrease in selling price:

Old price =  $8.00

New price =  7.00

Decrease = $1.00

Decrease in percentage = $1/$8 * 100

= 12.5%

3. Percentage increase in sales units:

New sales units = 93,600

Old sales units =  80,000

Increase in units   13,600

Increase in percentage = 13,600/80,000 * 100

= 17%

4. Contribution margin with sales of 93,600 sheets at $7.00 each:

Sales revenue   $655,200

Cost of sales         64,000

Contribution      $591,800

Old contribution 576,000

Increase =           $15,200

5. Contribution per margin (new price) = $6.20 ($7.00 - $0.80)

Units to sell to equal the total contribution margin earned at the higher price of $8.00 = 92,903 ($576,000/$6.20)

6. Percentage increase in the number of sheets sold at $7.00 to equal the total contribution margin earned at the higher price of $8.00:

New units = 92,903

Old units =  80,000

Increase =   12,903

Percentage increase = 12,903/80,000 * 100

= 16.129

= 16.13%

7. The common fixed costs do not vary according to the units sold.  Allocating a portion of the fixed costs to the alternatives does not make the comparison more accurate.

Explanation:

a) Data and Calculations:

Cost of a souvenir = $0.80

Selling price per souvenir = $8.00

Sales units = 80,000

Selling price of a new souvenir = $7.00

Sales units of the new souvenir = 93,600

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Assume the following information for Windsor Corp.

Accounts receivable (beginning balance) $139,000
Allowance for doubtful accounts (beginning balance) 11,450
Net credit sales 940,000
Collections 917,000
Write-offs of accounts receivable 5,600
Collections of accounts previously written off 1,600

Uncollectible accounts are expected to be 9% of the ending balance in accounts receivable.

Required:
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a. Storming
b. Norming
c. Performing
d. Forming

2. If a team leader wanted to help a team such as Sunita’s get through the storming stage of team development, he or she should take which of the following actions? Check all that apply.

a. Encourage participation by all team members.
b. Help the team discourage free riding.
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Direct materials $2.00
Direct labor 0.50
Variable factory overhead 1.50
Fixed factory overhead 2.50
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2. Making, buying, and selling goods and services within a country is known as international
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6. It is necessary for the U.S. to import a variety of metals.
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A Venn diagram.

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b) Title 1 should be Banking Career Pathway, and Title 2 should be Investment Career Pathway


c) Title 1 should be Banking Career Pathway, and Title 2 should be Financial Management Career Pathway


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Pictech Pricing
High Low
Flashfone Pricing High 11, 11 2, 18
Low 18, 2 10, 10

For example, the lower-left cell shows that if Flashfone prices low and Pictech prices high, Flashfone will earn a profit of $18 million, and Pictech will earn a profit of $2 million. Assume this is a simultaneous game and that Flashfone and Pictech are both profit-maximizing firms.

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Fixed Cost per Month Cost per Car Washed
Cleaning supplies $0.80
Electricity $1,200 $0.15
Maintenance $0.20
Wages and salaries $5,000 $0.30
Depreciation $6,000
Rent $8,000
Administrative expenses $4,000 $0.10
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Lavage Rapide
Income Statement
For the Month Ended August 31
Actual cars washed 8,800

Revenue $43,080
Expenses:
Cleaning supplies 7,560
Electricity 2,670
Maintenance 2,260
Wages and salaries 8,500
Depreciation 6,000
Rent 8,000
Administrative expenses 4,950
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Purchasing Department 89,600
Other corporate administrative expenses 560,000
Total corporate expense $1,165,600

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Tech Support Purchasing
Consumer Division 375 computers 1,960 purchase prder
Commercial Division 225 3640
Total 600 computers 5,600 purchase order

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Consumer Commercial
Revenues $7,430,000 $6,184,000
Cost of goods sold 4,123,000 3,125,000
Operating expenses 1,465,000 1,546,000

Required:
Prepare the divisional income statements for the two divisions.

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