Ted carman worked for rivertide country club and earned $28,500 during the year. he also worked part time for harrison furniture company and earned $12,400 during the year. the suta tax rate for rivertide country club is 4.2% on the first $8,000, and the rate for harrison furniture company is 5.1% on the first $8,000. calculate the futa and suta taxes paid by the employers on carman's earnings. futa suta

a. rivertide country club $ $

b. harrison furniture company $ $

Acompany that makes shopping carts for supermarkets and other stores recently purchased some new equipment that reduces the labor content of the jobs needed to produce the shopping carts. prior to buying the new equipment, the company used 6 workers, who produced an average of 79 carts per hour. workers receive $16 per hour, and machine coast was $49 per hour. with the new equipment, it was possible to transfer one of the workers to another department, and equipment cost increased by $11 per hour while output increased by four carts per hour. a) compute the multifactor productivity (mfp) (labor plus equipment) under the prior to buying the new equipment. the mfp (carts/$) = (round to 4 decimal places). b) compute the productivity changes between the prior to and after buying the new equipment. the productivity growth = % (round to 2 decimal places)