A firm faces the following average revenue (demand) curve: P  120  0.02Q where Q is weekly production and P is price, measured in cents per unit. The firm’s cost function is given by C  60Q  25,000. Assume that the firm maximizes profits. a. What is the level of production, price, and total profit per week? b. If the government decides to levy a tax of 14 cents per unit on this product, what will be the new level of production, price, and profit?

What is the most important factor that affects the value of a company? a) cash flow b) earnings c) supply and demand d) number of employees

Laval produces lamps and home lighting fixtures. its most popular product is a brushed aluminum desk lamp. this lamp is made from components shaped in the fabricating department and assembled in the assembly department. information related to the 22,000 desk lamps produced annually follows. direct materials $280,000direct labor fabricating department (8,000 dlh × $24 per dlh) $192,000assembly department (16,600 dlh × $26 per dlh) $431,600machine hours fabricating department $15,200mhassembly department $20,850mhexpected overhead cost and related data for the two production departments follow. fabricating assemblydirect labor hours 150,000dlh 295,000dlhmachine hours 161,000mh 128,000mhoverhead cost $400,000 430,000required1. determine the plantwide overhead rate for laval using direct labor hours as a base.2. determine the total manufacturing cost per unit for the aluminum desk lamp using the plantwide overhead rate.3. compute departmental overhead rates based on machine hours in the fabricating department and direct labor hours in the assembly department.4. use departmental overhead rates from requirement 3 to determine the total manufacturing cost per unit for the aluminum desk lamps.

Each state’s organizational structure is guided by the federal government. true or false?