Carlos has a high-paying job at a software development firm. He has enjoyed living in the same area for many years, which is close to family and friends. He has accumulated a moderate amount of savings over the past three years. Some of Carlos’ favorite pastimes include woodworking and home improvement projects. Should he buy or lease tools for his pastimes?

Suppose a holiday inn hotel has annual fixed costs applicable to its rooms of $1.2 million for its 300-room hotel, average daily room rents of $50, and average variable costs of $10 for each room rented. it operates 365 days per year. the amount of operating income on rooms, assuming an occupancy* rate of 80% for the year, that will be generated for the entire year is *occupancy = % of rooms rented

Owns a machine that can produce two specialized products. production time for product tlx is two units per hour and for product mtv is four units per hour. the machine’s capacity is 2,100 hours per year. both products are sold to a single customer who has agreed to buy all of the company’s output up to a maximum of 3,570 units of product tlx and 1,610 units of product mtv. selling prices and variable costs per unit to produce the products follow. product tlx product mtv selling price per unit $ 11.50 $ 6.90 variable costs per unit 3.45 4.14 determine the company's most profitable sales mix and the contribution margin that results from that sales mix.

By which distribution system is more than 90 percent of u. s. coal shipped? a. pipelinesb. trucksc. waterwaysd. railroadse. none of the above