Crossfire company segments its business into two regions—east and west. the company prepared a contribution format segmented income statement as shown below: total company east west sales $ 960,000 $ 640,000 $ 320,000 variable expenses 768,000 537,600 230,400 contribution margin 192,000 102,400 89,600 traceable fixed expenses 117,000 54,000 63,000 segment margin 75,000 $ 48,400 $ 26,600 common fixed expenses 55,000 net operating income $ 20,000

What is the relationship among market segmentation, target markts, and consumer profiles?

Anew 2-lane road is needed in a part of town that is growing. at some point the road will need 4 lanes to handle the anticipated traffic. if the city's optimistic estimate of growth is used, the expansion will be needed in 4 years and has a probability of happening of 40%. for the most likely and pessimistic estimates, the expansion will be needed in 8 and 15 years respectively. the probability of the pessimistic estimate happening is 20%. the expansion will cost $ 4.2 million and the interest rate is 8%. what is the expected pw the expansion will cost?

The owner of firewood to go is considering buying a hydraulic wood splitter which sells for $50,000. he figures it will cost an additional $100 per cord to purchase and split wood with this machine, while he can sell each cord of split wood for $125. if, for this machine, design capacity is 50 cords per day, effective capacity is 40 cords per day, and actual output is expected to be 32 cords per day, what would be its efficiency?