It costs sheffield corp. $12 of variable and $5 of fixed costs to produce one bathroom scale which normally sells for $35. a foreign wholesaler offers to purchase 4500 scales at $15 each. garner would incur special shipping costs of $1 per scale if the order were accepted. sheffield has sufficient unused capacity to produce the 4500 scales. if the special order is accepted, what will be the effect on net income?

Helen tells her nephew, bernard, that she will pay him $100 if he will stop smoking for six months. helen was hopeful that if bernard stopped smoking for six months, he would stop altogether. bernard stops smoking for six months but then resumes his smoking. helen will not pay him. she says that the type of promise she made cannot constitute a binding contract and that, furthermore, it was at least implied that he would stop smoking for good. can bernard legally collect $100 from helen