Two firms, Wickedly Efficient Widgets (WEW) and Wildly Nepotistic Widgets (WNW), both produce widgets, using the same production function y = K1/2L1/2, where K is the amount of labor used and L is the amount of capital used. Each company can hire labor at $1 per unit of labor and capital at $9 per unit. Each company produces 90 widgets per week. WEW chooses its input combinations to produce in the cheapest way possible. Although it produces the same output per week as WEW, WNW is required by its dotty CEO to use twice as much labor as WEW. How much higher are WNW’s total costs per week than WEW’s?

Amanda rice has just arranged to purchase a $640,000 vacation home in the bahamas with a 20 percent down payment. the mortgage has a 7 percent apr compounded monthly and calls for equal monthly payments over the next 30 years. her first payment will be due one month from now. however, the mortgage has an eight-year balloon payment, meaning that the balance of the loan must be paid off at the end of year 8. there were no other transaction costs or finance charges. how much will amanda’s balloon payment be in eight years

For each of the following users of financial accounting information and managerial accounting information, specify whether the user would primarily use financial accounting information or managerial accounting information or both: 1. sec examiner 2. bookkeeping department 3. division controller 4. external auditor (public accounting firm) 5. loan officer at the company's bank 6. state tax agency auditor 7. board of directors 8. manager of the service department 9. wall street analyst 10. internal auditor 11. potential investors 12, current stockholders 13. reporter from the wall street journal 14. regional division managers

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