Carrejo Corporation has two divisions: Division M and Division N. Data from the most recent month appear below:

Total Company Division M Division N
Sales $404,000 $181,000 $223,000
Variable expenses 152,130 65,160 86,970
Contribution margin 251,870 115,840 136,030
Traceable fixed expenses 192,000 87,000 105,000
Segment margin 59,870 28,840 31,030
Common fixed expenses 52,520 23,530 28,990
Net operating income $7,350 $5,310 $2,040

Management has allocated common fixed expenses to the Divisions based on their sales. The break-even in sales dollars for Division N is closest to:

a. $172,131
b. $219,656
c. $258,230
d. $392,211

Apharmaceutical packaging company (ppc) has decided to reorganize its processes into cells. the company has four different production operations, each requiring a unique piece of equipment. the names and functions of the four pieces of equipment are sort, count, place, and package. the company packages five different families of products (a, b, c, d, and e). the tables below indicate the demand (total units/day by product family), required operations, and operation cycle times for each product family. assume that any individual piece of equipment is available to operate 16 hours/day, but 2 hours (in total) are lost each day on each piece of equipment due to breaks and meetings when operators are not available to operate the equipment. how many minutes/day are available for production

Ummit record company is negotiating with two banks for a $157,000 loan. fidelity bank requires a compensating balance of 24 percent, discounts the loan, and wants to be paid back in four quarterly payments. southwest bank requires a compensating balance of 12 percent, does not discount the loan, but wants to be paid back in 12 monthly installments. the stated rate for both banks is 9 percent. compensating balances will be subtracted from the $157,000 in determining the available funds in part a. a-1. calculate the effective interest rate for fidelity bank and southwest bank. (do not round intermediate calculations. input your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) a-2. which loan should summit accept? southwest bank fidelity bank b. recompute the effective cost of interest, assuming that summit ordinarily maintains $37,680 at each bank in deposits that will serve as compensating balances

Which of the following is an example of search costs? a.) driving to a faraway place to find available goods b.) buying goods in some special way that is outside the normal channels c.) paying a premium cost for goods d.) selling extra goods for a discount price