George P. Burdell owns a hot tub store that is experiencing significant growth. Burdell is trying to decide whether to expand the store's capacity, which currently is at $750,000 in sales per quarter
He is thinking about expanding to the $850,000 level. The before-tax profit from additional sales is 20 percent. Sales are seasonal, with peaks in the spring and summer quarters. Forecasts of capacity requirements, expressed in ($000 ) sales per quarter, for next year (year 2 ) are:
Quarter ($000 )
1 720
2 800
3 890
4 690
Demand in year 3 and beyond is expected to exceed $850,000 per quarter. Burdell is considering expansion at the end of the fourth quarter of this year (year 1). How much would before-tax profits in year 2 increase because of this expansion?
A) less than $28,000
B) more than $28,000 but less than $32,000
C) more than $32,000 but less than $36,000
D) more than $36,000
D
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