Every six months, a local hardware store receives a cumulative quantity discount on the tools it buys from Ace Tool Manufacturing. Which of the following is likely true? (Choose every correct answer.) Multiple select question. The more tools the hardware store buys, the more the discount will increase. The store will offer special bargains to its customers two times a year. The store has a sales goal or quota for each six-month sales period. The store cannot offer special prices to its customers except at the end of the discount period.

Why is investing in a mutual fund less risky than investing in a particular company’s stock?

Within the relevant range, if there is a change in the level of the cost driver, then a. total fixed costs will remain the same and total variable costs will change b. total fixed costs will change and total variable costs will remain the same c. total fixed costs and total variable costs will change d. total fixed costs and total variable costs will remain the same

Aproduction line has three machines a, b, and c, with reliabilities of .96, .86, and .85, respectively. the machines are arranged so that if one breaks down, the others must shut down. engineers are weighing two alternative designs for increasing the line’s reliability. plan 1 involves adding an identical backup line, and plan 2 involves providing a backup for each machine. in either case, three machines (a, b, and c) would be used with reliabilities equal to the original three. a. compute overall system reliability under plan 1. (round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 4 decimal places.) reliability b. compute overall system reliability under plan 2. (round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 4 decimal places.) reliability c. which plan will provide the higher reliability? plan2plan1