Apartnership currently holds three assets: cash, $10,000; land, $35,000; and a building, $50,000. the partnership has no liabilities. the partners anticipate that expenses required to liquidate their partnership will amount to $5,000. capital balances are as follows:
ace, capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 25,000
ball, capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,000
eaton, capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,000
lake, capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,000
the partners share profits and losses as follows:
ace (30 percent), ball (30 percent), eaton (20 percent), and lake (20 percent).
1. if a preliminary distribution of cash is to be made, what is the amount of safe payment that can be made to each partner?

Afirm plans to begin production of a new small appliance. the manager must decide whether to purchase the motors for the appliance from a vendor at $10 each or to produce them in-house. either of two processes could be used for in-house production; process a would have an annual fixed cost of $200,000 and a variable cost of $7 per unit, and process b would have an annual fixed cost of $175,000 and a variable cost of $8 per unit. determine the range of annual volume for which each of the alternatives would be best. (round your first answer to the nearest whole number. include the indifference value itself in this answer.)

Total marketing effort is a term used to describe the critical decision factors that affect demand: price, advertising, distribution, and product quality. define the variable x to represent total marketing effort. a typical model that is used to predict demand as a function of total marketing effort is based on the power function: d = axb suppose that a is a positive number. different model forms result from varying the constant b. sketch the graphs of this model for b = 0, b = 1, 0< b< 1, b< 0, and b> 1. (we encourage you to use excel to do this.) what does each model tell you about the relationship between demand and marketing effort? what assumptions are implied? are they reasonable? how would you go about selecting the appropriate model?

Amanufacturing firm is considering overhauling the existing compensation strategy. currently every front line employee who works on the assembly line earns the same hourly wage. ideally, management would like to institute a new pay system that involves pay-for-performance. which of the following recommendations is both consistent with scientific management's general emphases and generally good advice for management of this firma. the firm should adopt a differential pay system with one pay level for average performance, and a higher level for good performance. b. the firm should adopt a differential pay system, but the firm should modify it from its original design and provide many different levels of pay associated with different performance levels. c. the firm should understand worker psychology and to focus on pay as the key motivator. d. all of the abovee. none of the above