A manufacturing company that produces a single product has provided the following data concerning its most recent month of operations: Selling price $126 Units in beginning inventory 0 Units produced 8,500 Units sold 8,300 Units in ending inventory 200 Variable costs per unit: Direct materials $36 Direct labor $52 Variable manufacturing overhead $2 Variable selling and administrative $9 Fixed costs: Fixed manufacturing overhead $127,500 Fixed selling and administrative 91,300 What is the net operating income for the month under absorption costing? a. $5,300 b. $3,000 c. $(12,700) d. $8,300

Kendra knight took part in a friendly game of touch football. she had played before and was familiar with football. michael jewett was on her team. in the course of play, michael bumped into kendra and knocked her to the ground. he stepped on her hand, causing injury to a little finger that later required its amputation. she sued michael for damages. he defended on the ground that she had assumed the risk. kendra claimed that assumption of risk could not be raised as a defense because the state legislature had adopted the standard of comparative negligence. what happens if contributory negligence applies? what happens if the defense of comparative negligence applies?