Astro Company owns equipment with a cost of $362,900 and accumulated depreciation of $55,100 that can be sold for $274,600, less a 4% sales commission. Alternatively, Astro Company can lease the equipment for three years for a total of $288,100, at the end of which there is no residual value. In addition, the repair, insurance, and property tax expense that would be incurred by Astro Company on the equipment would total $15,600 over the three year lease. a. Prepare a differential analysis on February 18, as to whether Astro Company should lease (Alternative 1) or sell (Alternative 2) the equipment.

He aldermanalderman company has prepared a sales budget of 42 comma 00042,000 finished units for a 3-month period. the company has an inventory of 10 comma 00010,000 units of finished goods on hand at december 31 and has a target finished goods inventory of 11 comma 00011,000 units at the end of the succeeding quarter. it takes 44 gallons of direct materials to make one unit of finished product. the company has inventory of 64 comma 00064,000 gallons of direct materials at december 31 and has a target ending inventory of 53 comma 00053,000 gallons at the end of the succeeding quarter. how many gallons of direct materials should aldermanalderman company purchase during the 3 months ending march 31? select the labels and enter the amounts to calculate the direct materials (gallons) to be purchased.

In a chapter 7 bankruptcy, a debtor:

Andy purchases only two goods, apples (a) and kumquats (k). he has an income of $125 and can buy apples at $5 per pound and kumquats at $5 per pound. his utility function is u(a, k) = 6a + 2k. what is his marginal utility for apples and his marginal utility for kumquats? andy's marginal utility for apples (mu subscript a) is mu subscript aequals 6 and his marginal utility for kumquats (mu subscript k) is