On march 1, 2017, crane company acquired real estate, on which it planned to construct a small office building, by paying $75,500 in cash. an old warehouse on the property was demolished at a cost of $7,300; the salvaged materials were sold for $1,520. additional expenditures before construction began included $1,020 attorney’s fee for work concerning the land purchase, $4,050 real estate broker’s fee, $8,520 architect’s fee, and $13,100 to put in driveways and a parking lot.

Advanced enterprises reports year-end information from 2018 as follows: sales (160,250 units) $968,000 cost of goods sold 641,000 gross margin 327,000 operating expenses 263,000 operating income $64,000 advanced is developing the 2019 budget. in 2019 the company would like to increase selling prices by 14.5%, and as a result expects a decrease in sales volume of 9%. all other operating expenses are expected to remain constant. assume that cost of goods sold is a variable cost and that operating expenses are a fixed cost. should advanced increase the selling price in 2019?