Use the Information Below to Answer the Following Question(s)

question 73

Multiple Choice

Use the information below to answer the following question(s) .Following a strategy of product differentiation, Barry Company makes an XX 300.Barry Company presents the following data for the years 1 and 2. Barry Company produces no defective units but it wants to reduce direct materials usage per unit of XX 300 in year 2.Manufacturing conversion costs in each year depend on production capacity defined in terms of XX 300 units that can be produced.Selling and customer-service costs depend on the number of customers that the customer and service functions are designed to support.Neither conversion costs or customer-service costs are affected by changes in actual volume.Barry Company has 23 customers in year 1 and 25 customers in year 2.The industry market size for high-end appliances increased 5% from year 1 to year 2.
-What is the Barry Company's net increase in operating income as a result of the growth component?

• A)$72,500 unfavourable
• B)$72,500 favourable
• C)$51,500 favourable
• D)$99,500 unfavourable
• E)$99,500 favourable

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Definitions:

Residual Value

Residual value is the estimated value of an asset at the end of its useful life, reflecting what it could be sold for or its scrap value.

Double-Declining Balance

An accelerated method of depreciation that doubles the regular depreciation approach, resulting in larger depreciation expenses in the initial years of an asset's life.

Units-Of-Output

A method of depreciation that allocates the cost of an asset over its useful life based on the number of units it produces.

Straight-Line

A technique for computing an asset's depreciation by distributing its cost evenly across each year of its expected useful life.