Demand for a company's product is expected to increase significantly in the upcoming year, resulting in additional direct labor overtime costs of $2 per unit. The production manager expects that the higher volume will increase annual maintenance costs on the company's manufacturing equipment by $20,000. Fixed costs currently average $500,000 per year, and the company's contribution margin per unit is currently $27. Based on this information, the production manager estimates that the company must produce and sell units to achieve a target operating income of in the upcoming year.

You are the manager of a large crude-oil refinery. as part of the refining process, a certain heat exchanger (operated at high temperatures and with abrasive material flowing through it) must be replaced every year. the replacement and downtime cost in the first year is $165 comma 000. this cost is expected to increase due to inflation at a rate of 7% per year for six years (i.e. until the eoy 7), at which time this particular heat exchanger will no longer be needed. if the company's cost of capital is 15% per year, how much could you afford to spend for a higher quality heat exchanger so that these annual replacement and downtime costs could be eliminated?

Three students were applying to the same graduate school. they came from schools with different grading systems. student gpa school average gpa school standard deviation thuy 2.9 3.2 0.8 vichet 83 75 20 kamala 8.6 8 0.4 which student had the best gpa when compared to other students at his school? explain how you determined your answer. (enter your standard deviation to two decimal places.) correct: your answer is correct. had the best gpa compared to other students at his school, since his gpa is 2.25 incorrect: your answer is incorrect. standard deviations correct: your answer is correct. his school's average gpa.

An unmarried person, a divorced person, or a person legally separated from his or her spouse must choose which filling status when filling a federal income tax return?