Bohlen Corporation Produces and Sells a Single Product

Multiple Choice

Bohlen Corporation produces and sells a single product. Data concerning that product appear below: Fixed expenses are $716,000 per month. The company is currently selling 6,000 units per month. Consider each of the following questions independently. This question is to be considered independently of all other questions relating to Bohlen Corporation. Refer to the original data when answering this question.
Management is considering using a new component that would increase the unit variable cost by $8. Since the new component would increase the features of the company's product, the marketing manager predicts that monthly sales would increase by 400 units. What should be the overall effect on the company's monthly net operating income of this change?

A) increase of $54,400
B) decrease of $54,400
C) decrease of $6,400
D) increase of $6,400