"bed & bath, a retailing company, has two departments—hardware and linens. the company’s most recent monthly contribution format income statement follows: department total hardware linens sales $ 4,150,000 $ 3,060,000 $ 1,090,000 variable expenses 1,300,000 883,000 417,000 contribution margin 2,850,000 2,177,000 673,000 fixed expenses 2,300,000 1,450,000 850,000 net operating income (loss) $ 550,000 $ 727,000 $ (177,000 ) a study indicates that $379,000 of the fixed expenses being charged to linens are sunk costs or allocated costs that will continue even if the linens department is dropped. in addition, the elimination of the linens department will result in a 13% decrease in the sales of the hardware department."required: what is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of discontinuing the linens department?

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Areal estate agent is considering changing her cell phone plan. there are three plans to choose from, all of which involve a monthly service charge of $20. plan a has a cost of $.42 a minute for daytime calls and $.17 a minute for evening calls. plan b has a charge of $.52 a minute for daytime calls and $.15 a minute for evening calls. plan c has a flat rate of $80 with 275 minutes of calls allowed per month and a charge of $.38 per minute beyond that, day or evening.a. determine the total charge under each plan for this case: 150 minutes of day calls and 70 minutes of evening calls in a month. (do not round intermediate calculations. round your answer to 2 decimal places. omit the "$" sign in your response.)c. if the agent will use the service for daytime calls, over what range of call minutes will each plan be optimal? (round each answer to the nearest whole number.include the indifference point itself in each answer.)d. suppose that the agent expects both daytime and evening calls. at what point (i.e., percentage of total call minutes used for daytime calls) would she be indifferent between plans a and b?

Bulldog holdings is a u.s.-based consumer electronics company. it owns smaller firms in japan and taiwan where most of its cell phone technology is developed and manufactured before being released worldwide. which of the following alternatives to integration does this best illustrate? a. venture capitalism b. franchising c. joint venture d. parent-subsidiary relationship