Need Assistance with Req F1 and Reg 52 e-1. A proposal is received from an outside contractor who will make and ship 2,000 stoves per month directly to Davis's customers asorders are received from Davis's sales force. Davis's fixed marketing costs would be unaffected, but its variable marketing costs wouldbe cut by 20 percent for these 2,000 units produced by the contractor. Davis's plant would operate at two-thirds of its normal level,and total fixed manufacturing costs would be cut by 25 percent. What in-house unit cost should be used to compare with the quotationreceived from the supplier? Assume the payment to the outside contractor is $216.e-2. Should the proposal be accepted for a price (that is, payment to the outside contractor) of $216 per unit?f-1. A proposal is received from an outside contractor who will make and ship 2,000 stoves per month directly to Davis's customers asorders are received from Davis's sales force. Davis's fixed marketing costs would be unaffected, but its variable marketing costs wouldbe cut by 20 percent for these 2,000 units produced by the contractor. The idle facilities would be used to produce 1,600 modifiedstoves per month for use in extreme climates. These modified stoves could be sold for $451 each, while the costs of production wouldbe $276 per unit variable manufacturing expense. Variable marketing costs would be $51 per unit. Fixed marketing and manufacturingcosts would be unchanged whether the original 6,000 regular stoves were manufactured or the mix of 4,000 regular stoves plus 1,600modified stoves were produced. What in-house unit cost should be used to compare with the quotation received from the outsidecontractor? Assume the payment to the outside contractor is $216.f-2. Should the proposal be accepted for a price of $216 per unit to the outside contractor?Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below.Reg A1Req A2Reg BReg CReg DReg E1Reg E2Reg F1Reg F2On March 1, the federal government offers Davis a contract to supply 1,000 units to military bases for a March 31 delivery. Because of an unusually largenumber of rush orders from its regular customers, Davis plans to produce 8,000 units during March, which will use all available capacity. If it accepts thegovernment order, it would lose 1,000 units normally sold to regular customers to a competitor. The government contract would reimburse its "share ofMarch manufacturing costs" plus pay a $49,000 fixed fee (profit). (No variable marketing costs would be incurred on the government's units.) Assumingthat the government's "share of March manufacturing costs" will be the proportionate fixed manufacturing cost, what impact would accepting thegovernment contract have on March income? (Select option "increase" or "decrease", keeping without government contract as the base. Select "none" ifthere is no effect.)Show less AWithout GovernmentWith Government ContractImpactContractRegularGovernmentTotalRevenueVariable manufacturing costsVariable marketing costsContribution marginFixed manufacturing costsFixed marketing costsIncome Davis Kitchen Supply produces stoves for commercial kitchens. The costs to manufacture and market the stoves at the company'snormal volume of 6,000 units per month are shown in the following table.Unit manufacturing costsVariable materials$ 51Variable labor76Variable overhead26Fixed overhead61$ 214Total unit manufacturing costsUnit marketing costsVariable26Fixed71Total unit marketing costs97Total unit costs$ 311Unless otherwise stated, assume that no connection exists between the situation described in each question; each is independent.Unless otherwise stated, assume a regular selling price of $372 per unit. Ignore income taxes and other costs that are not mentionedin the table or in the question itself.Required:a. Market research estimates that volume could be increased to 7,000 units, which is well within production capacity limitations if theprice were cut from $372 to $327 per unit. Assuming that the cost behavior patterns implied by the data in the table are correct.a-1. What would be the impact on monthly sales, costs, and income?a-2. Would you recommend taking this action?b. On March 1, the federal government offers Davis a contract to supply 1,000 units to military bases for a March 31 delivery. Because ofan unusually large number of rush orders from its regular customers, Davis plans to produce 8,000 units during March, which will useall available capacity. If it accepts the government order, it would lose 1,000 units normally sold to regular customers to a competitor.The government contract would reimburse its "share of March manufacturing costs" plus pay a $49,000 fixed fee (profit). (No variablemarketing costs would be incurred on the government's units.) Assuming that the government's "share of March manufacturing costs"will be the proportionate fixed manufacturing cost, what impact would accepting the government contract have on March income?c. Davis has an opportunity to enter a highly competitive foreign market. An attraction of the foreign market is that its demand isgreatest when the domestic market's demand is quite low; thus, idle production facilities could be used without affecting domesticbusiness. An order for 2,000 units is being sought at a below-normal price to enter this market. For this order, shipping costs will total$41 per unit; total (marketing) costs to obtain the contract will be $6,000. No other variable marketing costs would be required on thisorder, and it would not affect domestic business. What is the minimum unit price that Davis should consider for this order of 2,000units?d. An inventory of 460 units of an obsolete model of the stove remains in the stockroom. These must be sold through regular channels(thus incurring variable marketing costs) at reduced prices or the inventory will soon be valueless. What is the minimum acceptableselling price for these units?

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Need Assistance with Req F1 and Reg 52 e-1. A proposal is received from an outside contractor who will make and ship 2,000 stoves per month directly to Davis's customers asorders are received from Davis's sales force. Davis's fixed marketing costs would be unaffected, but its variable marketing costs wouldbe cut by 20 percent for these 2,000 units produced by the contractor. Davis's plant would operate at two-thirds of its normal level,and total fixed manufacturing costs would be cut by 25 percent. What in-house unit cost should be used to compare with the quotationreceived from the supplier? Assume the payment to the outside contractor is $216.e-2. Should the proposal be accepted for a price (that is, payment to the outside contractor) of $216 per unit?f-1. A proposal is received from an outside contractor who will make and ship 2,000 stoves per month directly to Davis's customers asorders are received from Davis's sales force. Davis's fixed marketing costs would be unaffected, but its variable marketing costs wouldbe cut by 20 percent for these 2,000 units produced by the contractor. The idle facilities would be used to produce 1,600 modifiedstoves per month for use in extreme climates. These modified stoves could be sold for $451 each, while the costs of production wouldbe $276 per unit variable manufacturing expense. Variable marketing costs would be $51 per unit. Fixed marketing and manufacturingcosts would be unchanged whether the original 6,000 regular stoves were manufactured or the mix of 4,000 regular stoves plus 1,600modified stoves were produced. What in-house unit cost should be used to compare with the quotation received from the outsidecontractor? Assume the payment to the outside contractor is $216.f-2. Should the proposal be accepted for a price of $216 per unit to the outside contractor?Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below.Reg A1Req A2Reg BReg CReg DReg E1Reg E2Reg F1Reg F2On March 1, the federal government offers Davis a contract to supply 1,000 units to military bases for a March 31 delivery. Because of an unusually largenumber of rush orders from its regular customers, Davis plans to produce 8,000 units during March, which will use all available capacity. If it accepts thegovernment order, it would lose 1,000 units normally sold to regular customers to a competitor. The government contract would reimburse its &#34;share ofMarch manufacturing costs&#34; plus pay a $49,000 fixed fee (profit). (No variable marketing costs would be incurred on the government's units.) Assumingthat the government's &#34;share of March manufacturing costs&#34; will be the proportionate fixed manufacturing cost, what impact would accepting thegovernment contract have on March income? (Select option &#34;increase&#34; or &#34;decrease&#34;, keeping without government contract as the base. Select &#34;none&#34; ifthere is no effect.)Show less AWithout GovernmentWith Government ContractImpactContractRegularGovernmentTotalRevenueVariable manufacturing costsVariable marketing costsContribution marginFixed manufacturing costsFixed marketing costsIncome Davis Kitchen Supply produces stoves for commercial kitchens. The costs to manufacture and market the stoves at the company'snormal volume of 6,000 units per month are shown in the following table.Unit manufacturing costsVariable materials$ 51Variable labor76Variable overhead26Fixed overhead61$ 214Total unit manufacturing costsUnit marketing costsVariable26Fixed71Total unit marketing costs97Total unit costs$ 311Unless otherwise stated, assume that no connection exists between the situation described in each question; each is independent.Unless otherwise stated, assume a regular selling price of $372 per unit. Ignore income taxes and other costs that are not mentionedin the table or in the question itself.Required:a. Market research estimates that volume could be increased to 7,000 units, which is well within production capacity limitations if theprice were cut from $372 to $327 per unit. Assuming that the cost behavior patterns implied by the data in the table are correct.a-1. What would be the impact on monthly sales, costs, and income?a-2. Would you recommend taking this action?b. On March 1, the federal government offers Davis a contract to supply 1,000 units to military bases for a March 31 delivery. Because ofan unusually large number of rush orders from its regular customers, Davis plans to produce 8,000 units during March, which will useall available capacity. If it accepts the government order, it would lose 1,000 units normally sold to regular customers to a competitor.The government contract would reimburse its &#34;share of March manufacturing costs&#34; plus pay a $49,000 fixed fee (profit). (No variablemarketing costs would be incurred on the government's units.) Assuming that the government's &#34;share of March manufacturing costs&#34;will be the proportionate fixed manufacturing cost, what impact would accepting the government contract have on March income?c. Davis has an opportunity to enter a highly competitive foreign market. An attraction of the foreign market is that its demand isgreatest when the domestic market's demand is quite low; thus, idle production facilities could be used without affecting domesticbusiness. An order for 2,000 units is being sought at a below-normal price to enter this market. For this order, shipping costs will total$41 per unit; total (marketing) costs to obtain the contract will be $6,000. No other variable marketing costs would be required on thisorder, and it would not affect domestic business. What is the minimum unit price that Davis should consider for this order of 2,000units?d. An inventory of 460 units of an obsolete model of the stove remains in the stockroom. These must be sold through regular channels(thus incurring variable marketing costs) at reduced prices or the inventory will soon be valueless. What is the minimum acceptableselling price for these units?

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Note: As per the requirement, we will answer only F-1 and F-2 sub-part.