An appliance store finding that the contribution margins on appliances are not adequate to achieve performance targets might introduce an extended warranty plan to provide an additional source of contribution margin. A company selling generators may institute an every-six-month service plan that promises both preferential service in a power outage to the customer and considerable contribution margin to the seller to augment the margin associated with the sale of the generator. And, of course, lemonade stand operators might decide to sell pretzels in addition to lemonade. Assume the following base case (per questions A1 and A2): revenue is $100 per unit, variable costs are $20 per unit, and total fixed costs are $40,000. A complementary product/service is being introduced. The product being introduced will use existing resources; however, some additional new costs will be incurred. This product/service will generate additional revenue of $60 per unit, additional variable costs of $16 per unit, and additional fixed costs of $16,240. For every 10,000 original units, the enterprise expects to sell 2,000 complementary units. How many complementary units does the company need to sell to break even

The balance sheet contains the following major sections: current assets long-term investments property, plant, and equipment intangible assets other assets current liabilities long-term liabilities contributed capital retained earnings accumulated other comprehensive income required: the following is a list of accounts. using the letters a through j, indicate in which section of the balance sheet each of the accounts would be classified. if an account does not belong under one of the sections listed, select "not under any of the choices" from the classification drop down box. for all accounts, indicate if the account is a contra account or an account that would normally be deducted on the balance sheet by selecting "yes" from the second drop down box, otherwise select "no". account classification contra or deducted (yes/no) 1. cash 2. bonds payable (due in 8 years) 3. machinery 4. deficit 5. unexpired insurance 6. franchise (net) 7. fund to retire preferred stock 8. current portion of mortgage payable 9. accumulated depreciation 10. copyrights 11. investment in held-to-maturity bonds 12. allowance for doubtful accounts 13. notes receivable (due in 3 years) 14. property taxes payable 15. deferred taxes payable 16. additional paid-in capital on preferred stock 17. premium on bonds payable (due in 8 years) 18. work in process 19. common stock, $1 par 20. land 21. treasury stock (at cost) 22. unrealized increase in value of available-for-sale securities

In 1975, mcdonald’s introduced its egg mcmuffin breakfast sandwich, which remains popular and profitable today. this longevity illustrates the idea of:

Your father's employer was just acquired, and he was given a severance payment of $375,000, which he invested at a 7.5% annual rate. he now plans to retire, and he wants to withdraw $35,000 at the end of each year, starting at the end of this year. how many years will it take to exhaust his funds, i.e., run the account down to zero? a. 22.50 b. 23.63 c. 24.81 d. 26.05 e. 27.35