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Currently, you sell 1,000 units of product Z per month at a price of $40 per unit. The variable costs are: direct materials $10/unit, direct labor $4/unit, and variable overhead $2/unit. Fixed costs are unknown. You are planning to increase the price to $50 per unit. You expect sales volume to decrease by 20% (from the original level of 1,000 units per month) after this price increase. How much will the profit change in the short term if you increase the price?
Group of answer choices
increase by $3,200
decrease by $800
no change
increase by $7,200
decrease by $2,800
Current Contribution margin: | ||
Sales revenue | 40000 | =1000*40 |
Less: Variable expenses | ||
Direct materials | 10000 | =1000*10 |
Direct labor | 4000 | =1000*4 |
Variable overhead | 2000 | =1000*2 |
Total Variable expenses | 16000 | |
Contribution margin | 24000 | |
Revised Sales level | 800 | =1000*(1-20%) |
Revised Contribution margin: | ||
Sales revenue | 40000 | =800*50 |
Less: Variable expenses | ||
Direct materials | 8000 | =800*10 |
Direct labor | 3200 | =800*4 |
Variable overhead | 1600 | =800*2 |
Total Variable expenses | 12800 | |
Contribution margin | 27200 | |
Change in Profit | 3200 | =27200-24000 |
increase by $3,200 is correct option |
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