The following data are taken from the comparative balance sheet prepared for lord company. sales for year 2 were $1,250,000. sales for year 1 were $800,000. overall, lord company is less efficient at using its assets to generate sales in year 2 than in year 1. what asset is responsible for this decreased efficiency?

Aaron corporation, which has only one product, has provided the following data concerning its most recent month of operations: selling price $ 102 units in beginning inventory 0 units produced 4,900 units sold 4,260 units in ending inventory 640 variable costs per unit: direct materials $ 20 direct labor $ 41 variable manufacturing overhead $ 5 variable selling and administrative expense $ 4 fixed costs: fixed manufacturing overhead $ 64,200 fixed selling and administrative expense $ 2,900 the total contribution margin for the month under variable costing is: