How can a poor housing market put home buyers in a financially unstable position? achanging property values means it’s easier to find homes with low rental costs. bwhen the home value decreases, property taxes and insurance costs increase. chouses are valued lower than their purchase prices, so the home equity decreases. dhome buyers lose all tax benefits and tax incentives when the housing market goes down. emortgage payments can increase even though the home value decreases.

Electronics assembly inc. is a contract manufacturer that assembles consumer electronics for a number of companies. currently, the operations manager is assessing the capacity requirements as input into a bid for a job to assemble cell phones for a major global company. the company would assemble three models of cell phones in the same assembly cell. setup time between the phones is negligible. electronics assembly inc. operates two 8-hour shifts for 275 days per year. cell phone demand forecast (phones/year) processing time (minutes/phone) mars 47,000 19.8 saturn 35,000 20.7 neptune 7,500 16.2 a. calculate total capacity required by line. b. determine the total operating time available. c. calculate the total number of assembly cells. (round up your answer to the next whole number.)