3. Short Term Decision Making Rainbow Tool & Machine (RTM) in Rainbow City, Alabama has been machining precision parts

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3. Short Term Decision Making Rainbow Tool & Machine (RTM) in Rainbow City, Alabama has beenmachining precision parts, die building and servicing customers for over 30 years. It is facing adifficult time with one of its product line ‘Wire’ due to severe price competition with lot ofcompetitors. Mr. Alex Brown, Chief Financial Officer of RTM, has prepared the following contribution formatincome statement for the month ended on June 30, 2022. Particulars Per Unit ($) Total Amount ($) Sales (20,000 units) 50 1,000,000 Variable expenses 35 700,000 Contribution Margin 15 300,000 Fixed Expenses 350,025 Net Operating Loss - 50,025 Mr. Allen Walker, President of RTM, raised his concern on theperformance of ‘Wire’ product line and call for a group meeting. The meeting has made threadbarediscussion on the product lines and scrutinizes few alternative courses of actions. You are requestedto consider the below situations for analysis. The End Required: a) [2 Marks] Mr. Alex Brown needs to appraise the meeting about thecurrent situation of ‘Wire’ product line. To support Alex, calculate i) Break-Even Point in units and sales dollar ii) Target units for making $50,475 profit iii) CM ratio. If sales increase by $100,000; how much NOI willincrease if costs remain same. Use incremental method. b) [1 Mark] Do you think that Alex should do the analysis based ontraditional income statement to improve the situation? Justify. c) [1 Mark] Ms. Linda Talwar, marketing director, proposes a fancypackage with an additional cost of $1 per unit along with $27,975 increase in monthly salary ofsales executive will increase unit sales by 10,000 units. Comment on this proposal. d) [2 Marks] Mr. Allen Walker proposes to increase the sellingprice rather increasing costs. He wants 0.4 as CM ratio. What should be the revised selling price? e) [2 Marks] Mr. Anil Dastugir, Finance Director, argues thatneither increasing selling price nor increasing salary will work in this situation. RTM should thinkabout automating certain part of ‘Wire’ production by spending $49,975 month on fixed cost whichwill slash variable costs by $15. i) Calculate BEP in units and sales dollar ii) Should Mr. Allen Walker accept this proposal? Please justify. f) [2 Marks] RTM has another product line ‘Tool & Die’ which ismuch profitable generating 60% contribution margin. RTM is going to participate in a trade showand plans to offer a ‘Premium Package’ to attract potential customer. Ms. Linda Talwar wants toput more ‘Wire’ products into the package it generates less contribution margin (only 30%).However, Mr. Anil Dastugir wants to put more products from ‘Tool & Die’. Alex has also supportedAnil. Put your opinion in this regard.