Miller Company's contribution format income statement for the most recent month is shown below: Total Per Unit Sales (38,000 units) $ 304,000 $ 8.00 Variable expenses 190,000 5.00 Contribution margin 114,000 $ 3.00 Fixed expenses 43,000 Net operating income $ 71,000 Required: (Consider each case independently): 1. What is the revised net operating income if unit sales increase by 12%? 2. What is the revised net operating income if the selling price decreases by $1.30 per unit and the number of units sold increases by 25%? 3. What is the revised net operating income if the selling price increases by $1.30 per unit, fixed expenses increase by $5,000, and the number of units sold decreases by 7%? 4. What is the revised net operating income if the selling price per unit increases by 20%, variable expenses increase by 10 cents per unit, and the number of units sold decreases by 8%?

Abroker showed one of his own listings to a buyer he was representing. the buyer decided to make an offer on the property, which was accepted. at no point did the broker disclose his dual agency status. the broker may be:

If a firm plans to issue new stock, flotation costs (investment bankers' fees) should not be ignored. there are two approaches to use to account for flotation costs. the first approach is to add the sum of flotation costs for the debt, preferred, and common stock and add them to the initial investment cost. because the investment cost is increased, the project's expected return is reduced so it may not meet the firm's hurdle rate for acceptance of the project. the second approach involves adjusting the cost of common equity as follows: . the difference between the flotation-adjusted cost of equity and the cost of equity calculated without the flotation adjustment represents the flotation cost adjustment. quantitative problem: barton industries expects next year's annual dividend, d1, to be $1.90 and it expects dividends to grow at a constant rate g = 4.3%. the firm's current common stock price, p0, is $22.00. if it needs to issue new common stock, the firm will encounter a 6% flotation cost, f. assume that the cost of equity calculated without the flotation adjustment is 12% and the cost of old common equity is 11.5%. what is the flotation cost adjustment that must be added to its cost of retaine

Self-interest achieve society’s economic goals because producers know which goods consumers want the most. as consumers and producers exercise their freedom to act in their own self-interest, markets will produce the desired goods at the lowest possible cost. consumers and producers both operate based on society’s economic goals. consumers know which goods can be produced at the lowest cost. there is a wide variety of desired goods and services in a market system because producers determine what to produce. consumers change their minds frequently. there is always a need to produce something new and improved. individual wants are diverse. what is produced is ultimately determined by consumers, because if the goods offered are not what consumers want, consumers will not buy them. producers, because they are driven by profits. producers, because they determine what to produce. consumers, because they participate in marketing surveys.