Nelson Manufacturing has the following data:Variable costs are 60% of the unit selling price. The contribution margin ratio is 40%.The unit contribution margin is $500.The fixed costs are $500,000.Which of the following does not express the break-even point?a. $500,000 ÷ $500 = Xb. $500,000 ÷ .40 = Xc. $500,000 + .40X = Xd. $500,000 + .60X = X

Adds up the money earned by producers plus taxes paid to the goverment. a) income approach b) product approach c) expenditure approach

With only a part-time job and the need for a professional wardrobe, rachel quickly maxed out her credit card the summer after graduation. with her first full-time paycheck in august, she vowed to pay $270 each month toward paying down her $8 comma 368 outstanding balance and not to use the card. the card has an annual interest rate of 18 percent. how long will it take rachel to pay for her wardrobe? should she shop for a new card? why or why not?

Your company is starting a new r& d initiative: a development of a new drug that dramatically reduces the addiction to smoking. the expert team estimates the probability of developing the drug succesfully at 60% and a chance of losing the investment of 40%. if the project is successful, your company would earn profits (after deducting the investment) of 9,000 (thousand usd). if the development is unsuccessful, the whole investment will be lost -1,000 (thousand usd). your company's risk preference is given by the expected utility function: u(x) v1000 +x, where x is the monetary outcome of a project. calculate the expected profit of the project . calculate the expected utility of the project . find the certainty equivalent of this r& d initiative . find the risk premium of this r& d initiative e is the company risk-averse, risk-loving or risk-neutral? why do you think so?