A team of analysts at Amazon is researching the viability of producing a smart watch. How might they estimate potential demand for their smart watch?A. Consider the four-step process that many companies follow to estimate the market demand curve for their product. a. survey customersb. plot the demand curvec. scale up the quantities demanded by the survey respondentsd. add up the total quantity demanded by the customers at each price pointB. Select two factors that the analysts want to keep in mind to create the most accurate demand estimates. a. cost of inputs to productionb. information about climate changec. existing competition in the marketd. consumer demographic information

Following is a list of various costs incurred in producing replacement automobile parts. with respect to the production and sale of these auto parts, classify each cost as either variable costs, fixed costs, or mixed costs. 1. oil used in manufacturing equipment 2. plastic 3. property taxes, $165,000 per year on factory building and equipment 4. salary of plant manager 5. cost of labor for hourly workers 6. packaging 7. factory cleaning costs, $6,000 per month 8. metal 9. rent on warehouse, $10,000 per month plus $25 per square foot of storage used 10. property insurance premiums, $3,600 per month plus $0.01 for each dollar of property over $1,200,000 11. straight-line depreciation on the production equipment 12. hourly wages of machine operators 13. electricity costs, $0.20 per kilowatt-hour 14. computer chip (purchased from a vendor) 15. pension cost, $1.00 per employee hour on the job

Roberto and reagan are both 25 percent owner/managers for bright light inc. roberto runs the retail store in sacramento, ca, and reagan runs the retail store in san francisco, ca. bright light inc. generated a $125,000 profit companywide made up of a $75,000 profit from the sacramento store, a ($25,000) loss from the san francisco store, and a combined $75,000 profit from the remaining stores. if bright light inc. is an s corporation, how much income will be allocated to roberto?

Which of the statements is true about the values recorded in the balance sheet of a firm?