Acompany that produces a popular brand of pasta decides against increasing its product price. instead, the management chooses to decrease the quantity of packed content from 100gms to 90gms. according to the management, any move to increase the product price might result in the brand losing a major chunk of its loyal consumers who relate to the brand as affordable. this is an attempt by the company to preserve the of its consumers regarding its product.

Analyzing operational changes operating results for department b of delta company during 2016 are as follows: sales $540,000 cost of goods sold 378,000 gross profit 162,000 direct expenses 120,000 common expenses 66,000 total expenses 186,000 net loss $(24,000) suppose that department b could increase physical volume of product sold by 10% if it spent an additional $18,000 on advertising while leaving selling prices unchanged. what effect would this have on the department's net income or net loss? (ignore income tax in your calculations.) use a negative sign to indicate a net loss answer; otherwise do not use negative signs with your answers. sales $answer cost of goods sold answer gross profit answer direct expenses answer common expenses answer total expenses answer net income (loss) $answer