PLEASE HELP ME ASAP Because most companies want to project a positive image, they publish materials about themselves that contain very select images of people. Both in company publications and in promotional materials, the individuals shown typically represent a very small portion of a company’s actual workforce or customers.

Company publications and advertisements often show people who are young, slender, and free from any physical handicaps. Indeed, we seldom see anyone in these publications who is overweight or in a wheelchair. The result? The frequent depiction of unusually attractive and thin individuals may affect your idea of what appropriate personal appearance is and, in turn, influence how you view yourself.

Do companies have a responsibility to show more realistic, “normal-looking” individuals in the materials they print? Have these organizations contributed to the increase in eating disorders such as anorexia or bulimia? Would pictures of heavy individuals affect your attitude towards these organizations or your decision to use their products?

Walsh company manufactures and sells one product. the following information pertains to each of the company’s first two years of operations: variable costs per unit: manufacturing: direct materials $ 25 direct labor $ 12 variable manufacturing overhead $ 5 variable selling and administrative $ 4 fixed costs per year: fixed manufacturing overhead $ 400,000 fixed selling and administrative expenses $ 60,000 during its first year of operations, walsh produced 50,000 units and sold 40,000 units. during its second year of operations, it produced 40,000 units and sold 50,000 units. the selling price of the company’s product is $83 per unit. required: 1. assume the company uses variable costing: a. compute the unit product cost for year 1 and year 2. b. prepare an income statement for year 1 and year 2. 2. assume the company uses absorption costing: a. compute the unit product cost for year 1 and year 2. b. prepare an income statement for year 1 and year 2. 3. reconcile the difference between variable costing and absorption costing net operating income in year 1.

You are the manager of a large crude-oil refinery. as part of the refining process, a certain heat exchanger (operated at high temperatures and with abrasive material flowing through it) must be replaced every year. the replacement and downtime cost in the first year is $165 comma 000. this cost is expected to increase due to inflation at a rate of 7% per year for six years (i.e. until the eoy 7), at which time this particular heat exchanger will no longer be needed. if the company's cost of capital is 15% per year, how much could you afford to spend for a higher quality heat exchanger so that these annual replacement and downtime costs could be eliminated?

Which of the following tends to result in a decrease in the selling price of houses in an area? a. an increase in the population of the city or town. b. an increase in the labor costs of construction. c. an increase in the income of new residents in the city or town. d. an increase in mortgage interest rates.