Jake and Paul run a paper company. Each week they need to produce 1,000 reams of paper to ship to their customers. The paper plant's long-run production function is Q = 4 K^0.75 L^0.25, where Q is the number of reams produced, K is the quantity of capital rented, and L is the quantity of labor hired. For this production function, the MPL = K^0.75/L ^0.75 and the MPK = 3 L^0.25/K^0.25. The weekly cost function for the paper plant is C = 10K + 2L, where C is the total weekly cost

a. What ratio of capital to labor minimizes Jake and Paul's total costs?

b. How much capital and labor will Jake and Paul need to rent and hire in order to produce 1,000 reams of paper each week?

c. How much will hiring these inputs cost them?

The card shoppe needs to maintain 21 percent of its sales in net working capital. currently, the store is considering a four-year project that will increase sales from its current level of $349,000 to $408,000 the first year and to $414,000 a year for the following three years of the project. what amount should be included in the project analysis for net working capital in year 4 of the project?

Stella company sells only two products, product a and product b. product a product b total selling price $50 $30 variable cost per unit $20 $10 total fixed costs $2,110,000 stella sells two units of product a for each unit it sells of product b. stella faces a tax rate of 40%. stella desires a net afterminustax income of $54,000. the breakeven point in units would be

crow design, inc. is a web site design and consulting firm. the firm uses a job order costing system in which each client is a different job. crow design assigns direct labor, licensing costs, and travel costs directly to each job. it allocates indirect costs to jobs based on a predetermined overhead allocation rate, computed as a percentage of direct labor costs. direct labor hours (professional) 6,250 hours direct labor costs ($1,800,000 support staff salaries ,000 computer ,000 office ,000 office ,000 in november 2012, crow design served several clients. records for two clients appear here: delicious treats mesilla chocolates direct labor 700 hours 100 hours software licensing $ 4,000 $400 travel costs 8,000 1. compute crow design’s direct labor rate and its predetermined indirect cost allocation rate for 2012. 2. compute the total cost of each job. 3. if simone wants to earn profits equal to 50% of service revenue, how much (what fee) should she charge each of these two clients? 4. why does crow design assign costs to jobs?