Fixed vs variable cost preference. bates operates a kiosk at a local mall, selling duck calls for $30 each. the variable cost to make a duck call is $18. a new mall is opening where bates wants to locate a new kiosk. the mall operator offers the following two options for bates: 1. paying a fixed rent of $15,000 a month, or: 2. paying a fixed rent of $9,000 per month plus 10% of revenue earned from each duck call. the amount of monthly sales (in units) at which bates would be indifferent as to which plan to select is:

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.