Davidson Manufacturing sold 435.000 units of its product for 574 per unit in 2020. Variable cost per unit is $62, and total fixed costs are $1,940,000, Read the requirements Requirement 1. Calculate (a) contribution margin and (b) operating income (a) Determine the formula used to calculate the contribution margin Contribution margin The contribution marginis Determine the formula sed to calculate the operating income Operating Income Operating incomes Requirement 2. Davidson's current manufacturing process is labor mense Kate Schmidt, Davidson's production manager, has proposed investing in state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment, which will increase the annual and costs to $5,655.000. The variable costs are expected to decrease to $54 per unit. Davidson expects to maintain the same sales volume and selling price next year. How would acceptance of Schmidts proposat affect your answers to (a) and (b) in requirement 19 Recalculate and the proposal is cepted a) The contribution marge would be under Scheidi's proposal 0) Operating income would change to Requirement 3. Should Davidson Schmidt proposal Explain Operating home to income one on should the propos Based on the operating Management would consider the factors before making the final decision. It is that product move song-of-the-art equipment. However, the the company's cost. This wa the composer and is X 1. Calculate (a) contribution margin and (b) operating income. 2. Davidson's current manufacturing process is labor intensive. Kate Schmidt, Davidson's production manager, has proposed investing in state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment, which will increase the annual fixed costs to $5,655,000. The variable costs are expected to decrease to $54 per unit. Davidson expects to maintain the same sales volume and selling price next year. How would acceptance of Schmidt's proposal affect your answers to (a) and (b) in requirement 1? 3. Should Davidson's executives accept Schmidt's proposal? Explain. Print Done