Question Content Area Marketing Expense Budget Timothy Donaghy has developed a unique formula for growing hair. His proprietary lotion, used regularly for 45 days, will grow hair in bald spots (with varying degrees of success). Timothy calls his lotion Hair-Again and is selling it via the telephone and Internet. His major form of marketing is through 15-minute infomercials and Internet advertising. Timothy sells each 16-ounce bottle of Hair-Again for $15 and pays a commission of 3 percent of sales to telephone operators who field the 1-800 phone calls from potential customers. Fixed marketing expenses for each quarter of the coming year include: Internet banner ads $7,600 Telephone operator time 5,000 Travel 2,000 In addition, early next year Timothy intends to film and show infomercials on television. He expects the cost to be $12,000 in quarters 1 and 2, and that the cost will rise to $24,000 in each of quarters 3 and 4. Timothy expects the following unit sales of Hair-Again: Quarter 1 5,000 Quarter 2 15,000 Quarter 3 40,000 Quarter 4 35,000 Required: Question Content Area 1. Construct a marketing expense budget for Hair-Again for the coming year. Show total amounts by quarter and in total for the year. If required, round your answers to two decimal places. Hair-AgainMarketing Expense BudgetFor the Year Ended December 31   Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Quarter 3 Quarter 4 Total               Budgeted unit sales Budgeted unit sales Budgeted unit sales Budgeted unit sales Budgeted unit sales   $Unit variable expense $Unit variable expense $Unit variable expense $Unit variable expense $Unit variable expense Total variable expense $fill in the blank 600e3f021fb6faa_13 $fill in the blank 600e3f021fb6faa_14 $fill in the blank 600e3f021fb6faa_15 $fill in the blank 600e3f021fb6faa_16 $fill in the blank 600e3f021fb6faa_17 Fixed marketing expense:             $Internet ads $Internet ads $Internet ads $Internet ads $Internet ads   Television time Television time Television time Television time Television time   Telephone operators Telephone operators Telephone operators Telephone operators Telephone operators   Travel Travel Travel Travel Travel Total fixed expense $fill in the blank 600e3f021fb6faa_42 $fill in the blank 600e3f021fb6faa_43 $fill in the blank 600e3f021fb6faa_44 $fill in the blank 600e3f021fb6faa_45 $fill in the blank 600e3f021fb6faa_46 Total marketing expense $fill in the blank 600e3f021fb6faa_47 $fill in the blank 600e3f021fb6faa_48 $fill in the blank 600e3f021fb6faa_49 $fill in the blank 600e3f021fb6faa_50 $fill in the blank 600e3f021fb6faa_51   Question Content Area 2. What if the cost of internet ads rises to $15,000 in Quarters 2 through 4? How would that affect variable marketing expense? Fixed marketing expense? Total marketing expense? If no effect, enter "0" and select "no impact". Variable marketing expense $fill in the blank f4abc0fe0f8c015_1   Fixed marketing expense $fill in the blank f4abc0fe0f8c015_3   Total marketing expense $fill in the blank f4abc0fe0f8c015_5

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    Marketing Expense Budget

    Timothy Donaghy has developed a unique formula for growing hair. His proprietary lotion, used regularly for 45 days, will grow hair in bald spots (with varying degrees of success). Timothy calls his lotion Hair-Again and is selling it via the telephone and Internet. His major form of marketing is through 15-minute infomercials and Internet advertising. Timothy sells each 16-ounce bottle of Hair-Again for $15 and pays a commission of 3 percent of sales to telephone operators who field the 1-800 phone calls from potential customers. Fixed marketing expenses for each quarter of the coming year include:

    Internet banner ads $7,600
    Telephone operator time 5,000
    Travel 2,000

    In addition, early next year Timothy intends to film and show infomercials on television. He expects the cost to be $12,000 in quarters 1 and 2, and that the cost will rise to $24,000 in each of quarters 3 and 4. Timothy expects the following unit sales of Hair-Again:

    Quarter 1 5,000
    Quarter 2 15,000
    Quarter 3 40,000
    Quarter 4 35,000

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    1. Construct a marketing expense budget for Hair-Again for the coming year. Show total amounts by quarter and in total for the year. If required, round your answers to two decimal places.

    Hair-AgainMarketing Expense BudgetFor the Year Ended December 31
      Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Quarter 3 Quarter 4 Total
               
     
    Budgeted unit sales Budgeted unit sales Budgeted unit sales Budgeted unit sales Budgeted unit sales
     
    $Unit variable expense $Unit variable expense $Unit variable expense $Unit variable expense $Unit variable expense
    Total variable expense $fill in the blank 600e3f021fb6faa_13 $fill in the blank 600e3f021fb6faa_14 $fill in the blank 600e3f021fb6faa_15 $fill in the blank 600e3f021fb6faa_16 $fill in the blank 600e3f021fb6faa_17
    Fixed marketing expense:          
     
    $Internet ads $Internet ads $Internet ads $Internet ads $Internet ads
     
    Television time Television time Television time Television time Television time
     
    Telephone operators Telephone operators Telephone operators Telephone operators Telephone operators
     
    Travel Travel Travel Travel Travel
    Total fixed expense $fill in the blank 600e3f021fb6faa_42 $fill in the blank 600e3f021fb6faa_43 $fill in the blank 600e3f021fb6faa_44 $fill in the blank 600e3f021fb6faa_45 $fill in the blank 600e3f021fb6faa_46
    Total marketing expense $fill in the blank 600e3f021fb6faa_47 $fill in the blank 600e3f021fb6faa_48 $fill in the blank 600e3f021fb6faa_49 $fill in the blank 600e3f021fb6faa_50 $fill in the blank 600e3f021fb6faa_51
     

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    2. What if the cost of internet ads rises to $15,000 in Quarters 2 through 4? How would that affect variable marketing expense? Fixed marketing expense? Total marketing expense? If no effect, enter "0" and select "no impact".

    Variable marketing expense $fill in the blank f4abc0fe0f8c015_1
     
    Fixed marketing expense $fill in the blank f4abc0fe0f8c015_3
     
    Total marketing expense $fill in the blank f4abc0fe0f8c015_5
     
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