Rick Wing has a repetitive manufacturing plant producing automobile steering wheels. Use the following data to prepare for a reduced lot size. The firm uses a work year of 295 days. Setup labor cost $60.00 per hour Annual holding cost $17 per unit Daily production (8 hours) 1 comma 040 units/day Annual demand for steering wheels 30 comma 975 (295 daystimesdaily demand of 105 units) Desired lot size (2 hours of production) Q = 260 units a) Setup cost = $ 16.70 (round your response to two decimal places). b) Setup time = 16.7 minutes (round your response to two decimal places).

Your mother's well-diversified portfolio has an expected return of 12.0% and a beta of 1.20. she is in the process of buying 100 shares of safety corp. at $10 a share and adding it to her portfolio. safety has an expected return of 15.0% and a beta of 2.00. the total value of your current portfolio is $9,000. what will the expected return and beta on the portfolio be after the purchase of the safety stock?

Complete the sentences. upper a decrease in current income taxes the supply of loanable funds today because it a. decreases; increases disposable income, which decreases saving b. has no effect on; doesn't change expected future disposable income c. decreases; decreases expected future disposable income d. increases; increases disposable income, which encourages greater saving upper a decrease in expected future income a. increases the supply of loanable funds today because households with smaller expected future income will save more today b. has no effect on the supply of loanable funds c. decreases the supply of loanable funds because it decreases wealth d. decreases the supply of loanable funds today because households with smaller expected future income will save less today

The discussion of the standards for selection of peanuts that will be used in m& ms and the placement of the m& m logo on the candies speaks to which building block of a sustainable competitive advantage: