Lusk company produces and sells 15,200 units of product x each month. the selling price of product x is $22 per unit, and variable expenses are $16 per unit. a study has been made concerning whether product x should be discontinued. the study shows that $73,000 of the $102,000 in fixed expenses charged to product x would continue, even if the product was discontinued. these data indicate that if product x is discontinued, the company's overall net operating income would : 1. decrease by $62,200 per month2. increase by $10,800 per month3. increase by $39,800 per month4. decrease by $39,800 per month

Apharmaceutical packaging company (ppc) has decided to reorganize its processes into cells. the company has four different production operations, each requiring a unique piece of equipment. the names and functions of the four pieces of equipment are sort, count, place, and package. the company packages five different families of products (a, b, c, d, and e). the tables below indicate the demand (total units/day by product family), required operations, and operation cycle times for each product family. assume that any individual piece of equipment is available to operate 16 hours/day, but 2 hours (in total) are lost each day on each piece of equipment due to breaks and meetings when operators are not available to operate the equipment. how many minutes/day are available for production

Chuck, a single taxpayer, earns $80,750 in taxable income and $30,750 in interest from an investment in city of heflin bonds. (use the u. s. tax rate schedule.) (do not round intermediate calculations. round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

The state in which the manufacturing company you work for is located regulates the presence of a particular substance in the environment to concentrations ≤ x. recently-released, reliable research endorsed by the responsible federal agency conclusively demonstrates that the substance poses no risks at concentrations up to 5x. your company has asked you to consider designing a new process with a waste discharge stream containing up to 2x of the substance. based on the stated conditions, describe this possible.