Calderon Corporation produces and sells a single product. Data concerning that product appear below: Per Unit Percent of Sales
Selling price $200 100%
Variable expenses 42 21%
Contribution margin $158 79%
Fixed expenses are $69,500 per month. The company is currently selling 800 units per month. Management is considering using a new component that would increase the unit variable cost by $26. Since the new component would increase the features of the company's product, the marketing manager predicts that monthly sales would increase by 300 units.
Required:What should be the overall effect on the company's monthly net operating income of this change if fixed expenses are unaffected?

You are evaluating two different silicon wafer milling machines. the techron i costs $285,000, has a three-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $78,000 per year. the techron ii costs $495,000, has a five-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $45,000 per year. for both milling machines, use straight-line depreciation to zero over the project’s life and assume a salvage value of $55,000. if your tax rate is 24 percent and your discount rate is 11 percent, compute the eac for both machines.

Alaska king crab fishing in the 1960s and '70s was a dangerous but rich fishery. boats from as far away as california and japan braved the treacherous gulf of alaska crossing to reach the abundant king crab beds in cook inlet and bristol bay. suddenly, in the early 1980s, the fishery crashed due to over fishing. all crabbing in those areas ended. to this day, there is no crabbing in bristol bay or cook inlet. a. how would an economist explain the decline of the alaska king crab fishery

Value economics capital scarcity opportunity cost wealth labor trade-offs standard of living good a. condition of not having enough resources to produce all the things people want b. alternative choices made by consumers in the marketplace c. sum of those economic products that are tangible, scarce, useful, and transferable d. tools, equipment, machinery, and factories used in the production of goods and services e. tangible item that is economically useful or that satisfies an economic want f. quality of life based on the ownership of the necessities and luxuries that make life easier g. people with all their efforts, abilities, and skills h. cost of the next-best alternative use of money, time, or resources when one choice is made rather than another i. study of how people try to satisfy their needs through the careful use of scarce resources j. worth that can be expressed in dollars and cents