Acondensed income statement by product line for healthy beverage inc. indicated the following for fruit cola for the past year: sales $12,750,000 cost of goods sold 8,500,000 gross profit $ 4,250,000 operating expenses 6,000,000 loss from operations $ (1,750,000) it is estimated that 25% of the cost of goods sold represents fixed factory overhead costs and that 15% of the operating expenses are fixed. because fruit cola is only one of many products, the fixed costs will not be materially affected if the product is discontinued. a. prepare a differential analysis dated january 5 to determine whether fruit cola should be continued (alternative 1) or discontinued (alternative 2). if an amount is zero, enter "0". use a minus sign to indicate a loss. differential analysis continue fruit cola (alt. 1) or discontinue fruit cola (alt. 2) january 5 continue fruit cola (alternative 1) discontinue fruit cola (alternative 2) differential effect on income (alternative 2) revenues $ $ $ costs: variable cost of goods sold variable operating expenses fixed costs income (loss) $ $ $ b. should fruit cola be retained?

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Analyzing and computing accrued warranty liability and expense waymire company sells a motor that carries a 60-day unconditional warranty against product failure. from prior years' experience, waymire estimates that 2% of units sold each period will require repair at an average cost of $100 per unit. during the current period, waymire sold 69,000 units and repaired 1,000 units. (a) how much warranty expense must waymire report in its current period income statement? (b) what warranty liability related to current period sales will waymire report on its current period-end balance sheet? (hint: remember that some units were repaired in the current period.) (c) what analysis issues must we consider with respect to reported warranty liabilities?

2. the external environment (connect)choose whether each example belongs in the general, task, or internal environment. exampleenvironmenta worldwide recession task environment / general environment / internal environmentlocal mothers asking their community grocery store to carry no-salt cheerios-type cereal for their babies task environment / general environment / internal environmentchoose the phrase that best completes the following sentence. the relationship between the task environment and the general environment is best described as: a one-way system: changes in the task environment affect the general environment, but changes in the general environment do not affect the task environment. an open system: changes in the task environment affect the general environment, and changes in the general environment affect the task environment. a one-way system: changes in the general environment affect the task environment, but changes in the task environment do not affect the general environment. a closed system: changes in the general environment do not affect the task environment, and changes in the task environment do not affect the general environment.©bloomberg via getty imagesmanagement in the newsin april 2010, the explosion of british petroleum’s (bp) deepwater horizon oil drilling rig and the accompanying oil spill dramatically changed the external environment in which all oil companies operate. the explosion released more oil than any other accidental spill in history and had a huge impact on the waters and surrounding communities of the gulf coast. the conditions that led to the spill, the attempts to stop the spill, and the clean-up and aftermath of the spill prompted debates in the u. s. senate, concern on wall street, and attention from companies all over the world. match each oil spill event with a specific dimension of the general environment. eventgeneral environment dimensionbp stock prices falling 25% during the first month after the oil spill oil seeping into pelican nesting grounds, which will place the brown pelican back on the endangered species list people moving from louisiana to oklahoma to avoid the effects of the spill