Roblem 15-33 (algorithmic) kolkmeyer manufacturing company is considering adding two machines to its manufacturing operation. this addition will bring the number of machines to nine. the president of kolkmeyer asked for a study of the need to add a second employee to the repair operation. the arrival rate is 0.06 machines per hour for each machine, and the service rate for each individual assigned to the repair operation is 0.6 machines per hour. compute the operating characteristics if the company retains the single-employee repair operation. if required, round your answers to four decimal places. p0 = lq = l = wq = hours w = hours compute the operating characteristics if a second employee is added to the machine repair operation. if required, round your answers to four decimal places. p0 = lq = l = wq = hours w = hours each employee is paid $30 per hour. machine downtime is valued at $85 per hour. from an economic point of view, should one or two employees handle the machine repair operation? explain. if required, round your answers to two decimal places. cost of one employee system: $ cost of two employees system: $ from an economic point of view, should handle the machine repair operation.

On january 1, 2017, fisher corporation purchased 40 percent (90,000 shares) of the common stock of bowden, inc. for $980,000 in cash and began to use the equity method for the investment. the price paid represented a $48,000 payment in excess of the book value of fisher's share of bowden's underlying net assets. fisher was willing to make this extra payment because of a recently developed patent held by bowden with a 15-year remaining life. all other assets were considered appropriately valued on bowden's books. bowden declares and pays a $90,000 cash dividend to its stockholders each year on september 15. bowden reported net income of $400,000 in 2017 and $348,000 in 2018. each income figure was earned evenly throughout its respective year. on july 1, 2018, fisher sold 10 percent (22,500 shares) of bowden's outstanding shares for $338,000 in cash. although it sold this interest, fisher maintained the ability to significantly influence bowden's decision-making process. prepare the journal entries for fisher for the years of 2017 and 2018. (if no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "no journal entry required" in the first account field. do not round intermediate calculations. round your final answers to the nearest whole dollar.)

Zapper has beginning equity of $257,000, net income of $51,000, dividends of $40,000 and investments by stockholders of $6,000. its ending equity is

Inventory by three methods; cost of goods sold the units of an item available for sale during the year were as follows: jan. 1 inventory 20 units at $1,800 may 15 purchase 31 units at $1,950 aug. 7 purchase 13 units at $2,040 nov. 20 purchase 16 units at $2,100 there are 18 units of the item in the physical inventory at december 31. determine the cost of ending inventory and the cost of goods sold by three methods, presenting your answers in the following form: round your final answers to the nearest dollar. cost inventory method ending inventory cost of goods sold a. first-in, first-out method $ $ b. last-in, first-out method $ $ c. weighted average cost method $ $