Because of his business's recent success, sam has decided to expand his sam's swimming pool cleaning to include another branch. this will add expenses for another office and payroll for five more employees, but sam's customer base will stay the same, at least for a while. until sam's new branch starts bringing in new customers, how will this change affect sam's net profit margin? a. an added expense of a new branch has nothing to do with sam's net profit margin. b. since the new branch is adding expenses, sam's net profit margin will go down. c. since the new branch is adding expenses, sam's net profit margin will go up. d. since the expense the new branch is adding is negligible, sam should see no change in his net profit margin.

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.)

Scenario: you have advised the owner of bond's gym that the best thing to do would be to raise the price of a monthly membership. the owner wants to know what may happen once this price increase goes into effect. what will most likely occur after the price of a monthly membership increases? check all that apply. current members will pay more per month. the quantity demanded for memberships will decrease. the number of available memberships will increase. the owner will make more money. bond's gym will receive more membership applications.

En major recording acts are able to play at the stadium. if the average profit margin for a concert is $175,000, how much would the stadium clear for all of these events combined?