Financial Statements of a Manufacturing Firm The following events took place for Focault Inc. during July 20Y2, the first month of operations as a producer of road bikes: Purchased $320,000 of materials Used $275,000 of direct materials in production Incurred $236,000 of direct labor wages Applied factory overhead at a rate of 75% of direct labor cost Transferred $652,000 of work in process to finished goods Sold goods with a cost of $630,000 Sold goods for $1,120,000 Incurred $252,800 of selling expenses Incurred $100,000 of administrative expenses a. Prepare the July income statement for Focault. Assume that Focault uses the perpetual inventory method. Focault Inc.

Required: 1-a. the marketing manager argues that a $5,000 increase in the monthly advertising budget would increase monthly sales by $9,000. calculate the increase or decrease in net operating income. 1-b. should the advertising budget be increased ? yes no hintsreferencesebook & resources hint #1 check my work 8.value: 1.00 pointsrequired information 2-a. refer to the original data. management is considering using higher-quality components that would increase the variable expense by $2 per unit. the marketing manager believes that the higher-quality product would increase sales by 10% per month. calculate the change in total contribution margin. 2-b. should the higher-quality components be used? yes no