Afirm that sells e-books - books in digital form downloadable from the internet - sells all e-books relating to do-it-yourself topics (home plumbing, gardening, and so on) at the same price. at present, the company can earn a maximum annual profit of $25 comma 000 when it sells 30 comma 000 copies within a year's time. the firm incurs a 30-cent expense each time a consumer downloads a copy, but the company must spend $145 comma 000 per year developing new editions of the e-books. the company has determined that it would earn zero economic profits if price were equal to average total cost, and in this case it could sell 40 comma 000 copies. under marginal cost pricing, it could sell 120 comma 000 copies. in the short run, to the nearest cent, what is the profit-maximizing price of e-books relating to do-it-yourself topics? $ nothing.

Dahlia enterprises needs someone to supply it with 127,000 cartons of machine screws per year to support its manufacturing needs over the next five years, and you’ve decided to bid on the contract. it will cost you $940,000 to install the equipment necessary to start production; you’ll depreciate this cost straight-line to zero over the project’s life. you estimate that in five years, this equipment can be salvaged for $77,000. your fixed production costs will be $332,000 per year, and your variable production costs should be $11.00 per carton. you also need an initial investment in net working capital of $82,000. if your tax rate is 30 percent and your required return is 11 percent on your investment, what bid price should you submit? (do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places. (e. g., 32.16))

Helen tells her nephew, bernard, that she will pay him $100 if he will stop smoking for six months. helen was hopeful that if bernard stopped smoking for six months, he would stop altogether. bernard stops smoking for six months but then resumes his smoking. helen will not pay him. she says that the type of promise she made cannot constitute a binding contract and that, furthermore, it was at least implied that he would stop smoking for good. can bernard legally collect $100 from helen

You receive a memo from the vice president of procurement responding to your query. he writes: “it will be very important to maintain product continuity. we have a large base of devoted customers. we want to make sure that the quality and key characteristics of island knight stay the same through this transition. talk to frank, our consulting professional perfumer, for more information about the cologne. seasonal variations in costs are the single most significant factor in our deciding to go with another supplier, so finding a way to limit that should be the top priority. the overall marginal costs and shipping costs are probably somewhat less significant. you may want to talk to cindy, the product manager for island knight, regarding pricing information about the product.” what is the best action to take next?