Data Concerning Lemelin Corporation's Single Product Appear Below

question 221

Multiple Choice

Data concerning Lemelin Corporation's single product appear below:
The company is currently selling 7,000 units per month. Fixed expenses are $581,000 per month. Consider each of the following questions independently.
-This question is to be considered independently of all other questions relating to Lemelin Corporation.Refer to the original data when answering this question. The marketing manager believes that an $11,000 increase in the monthly advertising budget would result in a 100 unit increase in monthly sales.What should be the overall effect on the company's monthly net operating income of this change?

• A) decrease of $11,000
• B) increase of $11,500
• C) decrease of $500
• D) increase of $500

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