A company makes a product that sells for $80 per unit. Variable expenses are $40.00 per unit, and fixed expenses total $180,000 per year. Its operating results for last year were as follows:
Sales | $ | 2,240,000 |
Variable expenses | 1,120,000 | |
Contribution margin | 1,120,000 | |
Fixed expenses | 180,000 | |
Net operating income | $ | 940,000 |
The company president wants to add new features to the product, which will increase the variable expenses by $1.80 per unit. She thinks that the new features, combined with some increase in marketing spending, would increase this year's sales by 25%. How much could the president increase this year's fixed marketing expense and still earn the same $940,000 net operating income as last year?
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