Houpe Corporation Produces and Sells a Single Product

question 265

Multiple Choice

Houpe Corporation produces and sells a single product. Data concerning that product appear below: Fixed expenses are $490,000 per month. The company is currently selling 6,000 units per month. Management is considering using a new component that would increase the unit variable cost by $5. Since the new component would increase the features of the company's product, the marketing manager predicts that monthly sales would increase by 300 units. What should be the overall effect on the company's monthly net operating income of this change?

• A) decrease of $2,100
• B) decrease of $27,900
• C) increase of $2,100
• D) increase of $27,900

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Definitions:

Conditioned Stimulus

In classical conditioning, a previously neutral stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to trigger a conditioned response.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired: a response that is initially elicited by the second stimulus is eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone.

Conditioned Response

A learned reaction to a previously neutral stimulus that has become associated with an unconditioned stimulus after conditioning.

Conditioned Stimulus

An initially neutral trigger that, following its association with an unconditioned stimulus, ultimately elicits a conditioned reaction.