Question -
ABC Company makes and sells two products, X and Y. The income statement for last year was as follows:
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Product X
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Product Y
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Sales revenue
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$ 102,400
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$ 153,600
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Variable manufacturing cost
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38,400
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64,000
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Fixed manufacturing cost
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32,000
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48,000
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Gross margin
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32,000
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41,600
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Fixed selling and administration
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8,960
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13,440
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Variable selling and administration
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11,520
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32,000
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Net income
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$ 11,520
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$ (3,840)
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Upon review of the financial results, the owner of the company wanted to drop product Y.
If product Y is dropped, the company expects to increase the sales of product X by: next year and there will be no change to the company's cost structure.
Required:
a) Compute the contribution margin ratio for Product X and product Y.
b) Compute the change in annual income if product Y is dropped and only product X is sold.