Summer Nights sells bottles of bug spray for $8.00 each. Variable costs are $2.00 per bottle, while fixed costs are $40,000 per month for volumes up to 40,000 bottles of spray and $58,000 per month for volumes above 40,000 bottles of spray. The flexible budget would reflect monthly operating income for 10,000 bottles of lotion and 22,000 bottles of lotion of what dollar amounts

O A. $80,000 and $176,000, respectively
O B. $20,000 and $92,000, respectively
O C. $40,000 and $92,000, respectively
OD. $2000 and $118,000, respectively

Garrett is an executive vice president at samm hardware. he researches a proposal by a larger company, maximum hardware, to combine the two companies. by analyzing past performance, conducting focus groups, and interviewing maximum employees, garrett concludes that maximum has poor profit margins, sells shoddy merchandise, and treats customers poorly. what actions should garrett and samm hardware take? a. turn down the acquisition offer and prepare to resist a hostile takeover. b. attempt a friendly merger and use managerial hubris to improve results at maximum. c. welcome the acquisition and use knowledge transfer to impart sam hardware's management practices. d. do nothing; the two companies cannot combine without samm hardware's explicit consent.