3. The Kelsh Company has two divisions--North and South. The divisions have the following revenues and expenses: Sales Variable expenses Traceable fixed expenses Allocated common corporate expenses Net operating income (loss) North $900,000 450,000 260,000 240,000 ($50.000 South $800,000 300,000 210,000 190.000 $100.000 Management at Kelsh is pondering the elimination of the North Division. If the North Division were eliminated, its traceable fixed expenses could be avoided. The total common corporate expenses would be unaffected. Given this data, you will advise: A) To eliminate North division, as the company profitability will immediately improve by $50.000
B) To eliminate North division, as the company profitability will improve by $260,000.
C) To keep North division, as its elimination will turn the company from profitable to unprofitable.
D) To keep North division, as its elimination will be too complicated and will bring just a little improvement in company's profitability.

Last year, western corporation had sales of $5 million, cost of goods sold of $3 million, operating expenses of $175,000 and depreciation of $125,000. the firm received $40,000 in dividend income and paid $200,000 in interest on loans. also, western sold stock during the year, receiving a $40,000 gain on stock owned 6 years, but losing $60,000 on stock owned 4 years. what is the firm's tax liability?

Select the correct answer a research organization conducts certain chemical tests on samples. they have data available on the standard results. some of the samples give results outside the boundary of the standard results. which data mining method follows a similar approach? o a. data cleansing ob. network intrusion o c. fraud detection od. customer classification o e. deviation detection

Suppose a firm faces a fixed price of output, 푝푝= 1200. the firm hires workers from a union at a daily wage, 푤푤, to produce output according to the production function 푞푞= 2퐸퐸12. there are 225 workers in the union. any union worker who does not work for this firm is guaranteed to find nonunion employment at a wage of $96 per day. a.what is the firm’s labor demand function? b.if the firm is allowed to choose 푤푤, but then the union decides how many workers to provide (up to 225) at that wage, what wage will the firm set? how many workers will the union provide? what is the firm’s output and profit? what is the total income of the 225 union workers? c.now suppose that the union sets the wage, but the firm decides how many workers to hire at that wage (up to 225). what wage will the union set to maximize the total income of all 225 workers? how many workers will the firm hire? what is the firm’s output and profit? what is the total income of the 225 union workers? [hint: to maximize total income of union, take the first order condition with respect to w and set equal to 0.]