Given the Following Information: Sales = $450, Costs = $350

question 330

Multiple Choice

Given the following information: sales = $450, costs = $350, tax rate = 34%, retention ratio = 30%, production = 95% of capacity, sales increase = 10%. What is the expected addition to retained earnings? (Assume costs change directly with sales.)

• A) $1.98
• B) $11.22
• C) $19.80
• D) $21.78
• E) $50.82

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