Rival Inc. uses the lower of cost or market rule in valuing its inventory. Assume the company uses the LIFO method and that one unit has a ceiling constraint of $45.50. The following is other information concerning this unit: Estimated transportation costs for delivery $3.90
Normal profit margin 7.50
Packaging costs prior to delivery 3.40

The floor constraint of this unit must be:

Data for hermann corporation are shown below: per unit percent of sales selling price $ 125 100 % variable expenses 80 64 contribution margin $ 45 36 % fixed expenses are $85,000 per month and the company is selling 2,700 units per month. required: 1-a. how much will net operating income increase (decrease) per month if the monthly advertising budget increases by $9,000 and monthly sales increase by $20,000? 1-b. should the advertising budget be increased?