Barlow company manufactures three products: a, b, and
c. the selling price, variable costs, and contribution margin for one unit of each product follow: product a b c selling price $ 240 $ 320 $ 300 variable expenses: direct materials 18 72 27 other variable expenses 174 152 228 total variable expenses 192 224 255 contribution margin $ 48 $ 96 $ 45 contribution margin ratio 20 % 30 % 15 % the same raw material is used in all three products. barlow company has only 4,900 pounds of raw material on hand and will not be able to obtain any more of it for several weeks due to a strike in its supplier's plant. management is trying to decide which product(s) to concentrate on next week in filling its backlog of orders. the material costs $9 per pound.

Which of the following is likely not a benefit of requiring a grand jury to listen to and examine all of the evidence against a person suspected of committing a serious crime and then independently deciding whether or not to hand down an indictment? 1.the grand jury system provides the accused another safeguard against being sent to trial and facing conviction based on flawed evidence. 2.the members of the grand jury are drawn from the community and are empowered to render independent decisions about whether or not the government has collected enough evidence to bring an individual to trial. 3.the grand jury’s decision can provide prosecutors insight into what is necessary to build a sufficient case if a similar crime is presented later. 4.the grand jury is impaneled to rubber-stamp prosecutors’ cases, which makes it possible for more cases to reach trial.