Question 1 The Justin Manufacturing Company produces products A, B, and C. Although Justin could sell up to 25 units of A, 30 units of B, and 25 units of C each week, a limitation of 179 machine-hours per week prevents Viking from meeting these sales demands. The product information is as follows: A B C Unit selling price $120 $70 $80 Variable manufacturing costs: $81 $35 $51 Variable selling and admin. costs $5 $5 $5 Machine-hours per unit 2 2 3 There are no fixed selling or administrative expenses. Fixed manufacturing costs are $1,000 per week. Required: a. Develop a schedule indicating the order in which Viking should allocate machine-hours to each product. b. Develop a schedule indicating the number of units of each product that Viking should produce each week.

Verizon communications, inc., provides the following footnote relating to its leasing activities in its 10-k report. the aggregate minimum rental commitments under noncancelable leases for the periods shown at december 31, 2010, are as follows: years (dollars in millions) capital leases operatingleases 2011 $97 $1,898 2012 74 1,720 2013 70 1,471 2014 54 1,255 2015 42 1,012 thereafter 81 5,277 total minimum 418 $ 12,633 rental commitments less interest and (86) executory costs present value of 332 minimum lease payments less current (75) installments long-term obligation $257 at december 31, 2010 (a) confirm that verizon capitalized its capital leases using a rate of 7.4 %. (b) compute the present value of verizon's operating leases, assuming an 7.4% discount rate and rounding the remaining lease term to 3 decimal places. (use a financial calculator or excel to compute. do not round until your final answers. round each answer to the nearest whole number.)

Lillypad toys is a manufacturer of educational toys for children. six months ago, the company's research and development division came up with an idea for a unique touchscreen device that can be used to introduce children to a number of foreign languages. three months ago, the company produced a working prototype, and last month the company successfully launched its new device on the commercial market. what should lillypad's managers prepare for next? a. increased competition from imitators b. a prolonged period of uncontested success c. a sharp decline in demand for the product d. a difficult struggle to move from invention to innovation

Labor unions have used which of the following to win passage of favorable laws such as shorter work weeks and the minimum wage? a. strikes b. collective bargaining c. lobbying d. lockouts