Eric's Carpentry manufactures two types of bookshelves that are 4 feet tall and 3 feet wide, a basic model (x1) and a deluxe model (x2). Each basic bookshelf requires 1.5 hours for assembly and 1 hour for finishing; each deluxe model requires 2.5 hours for assembly and 1 hour for finishing. Two assemblers and one finisher are employed by the company, and each works 40 hours per week. Using x1 to denote the number of basic bookcases and x2 to denote the number of deluxe bookcases, write a system of linear inequalities that describes the possible number of each model of bookcase that can be manufactured in a week.

Sara is a manager at a restaurant with employees from different cultural backgrounds. which action of sara could employees perceive as an act of favoritism?

Burke enterprises is considering a machine costing $30 billion that will result in initial after-tax cash savings of $3.7 billion at the end of the first year, and these savings will grow at a rate of 2 percent per year for 11 years. after 11 years, the company can sell the parts for $5 billion. burke has a target debt/equity ratio of 1.2, a beta of 1.79. you estimate that the return on the market is 7.5% and t-bills are currently yielding 2.5%. burke has two issuances of bonds outstanding. the first has 200,000 bonds trading at 98% of par, with coupons of 5%, face of $1000, and maturity of 5 years. the second has 500,000 bonds trading at par, with coupons of 7.5%, face of $1000, and maturity of 12 years. kate, the ceo, usually applies an adjustment factor to the discount rate of +2 for such highly innovative projects. should the company take on the project?

Data for hermann corporation are shown below: per unit percent of sales selling price $ 125 100 % variable expenses 80 64 contribution margin $ 45 36 % fixed expenses are $85,000 per month and the company is selling 2,700 units per month. required: 1-a. how much will net operating income increase (decrease) per month if the monthly advertising budget increases by $9,000 and monthly sales increase by $20,000? 1-b. should the advertising budget be increased?