Mark has long supported a particular brand of footwear and has always bought that brand. recently, the footwear manufacturer was embroiled in a controversy for using child labor at its manufacturing plants. mark doubts the news reports and continues to purchase the same brand of footwear. it is most accurate to say that mark displays

Fanning company is considering the addition of a new product to its cosmetics line. the company has three distinctly different options: a skin cream, a bath oil, or a hair coloring gel. relevant information and budgeted annual income statements for each of the products follow. skin cream bath oil color gel budgeted sales in units (a) 110,000 190,000 70,000 expected sales price (b) $8 $4 $11 variable costs per unit (c) $2 $2 $7 income statements sales revenue (a × b) $880,000 $760,000 $770,000 variable costs (a × c) (220,000) (380,000) (490,000) contribution margin 660,000 380,000 280,000 fixed costs (432,000) (240,000) (76,000) net income $228,000 $140,000 $204,000 required: (a) determine the margin of safety as a percentage for each product. (b) prepare revised income statements for each product, assuming a 20 percent increase in the budgeted sales volume. (c) for each product, determine the percentage change in net income that results from the 20 percent increase in sales. (d) assuming that management is pessimistic and risk averse, which product should the company add to its cosmetics line? (e) assuming that management is optimistic and risk aggressive, which product should the company add to its cosmetics line?

Miller mfg. is analyzing a proposed project. the company expects to sell 14,300 units, plus or minus 3 percent. the expected variable cost per unit is $15 and the expected fixed cost is $35,000. the fixed and variable cost estimates are considered accurate within a plus or minus 3 percent range. the depreciation expense is $32,000. the tax rate is 34 percent. the sale price is estimated at $19 a unit, give or take 3 percent. what is the net income under the worst case scenario?

Both renewable and nonrenewable resources are used within our society. how do the uses of nonrenewable resources compare to the uses of renewable resources?