Benson, Incorporated manufactures a single product and uses the plantwide overhead rate method. The company's plantwide overhead rate is $25 per machine-hour (MH) used. Their single product uses 10,000 MH, has direct material cost per unit of $10.96 and direct labor cost of $3.84 per unit. The total overhead cost is expected to be:. a. $250,000
b. $109,600
c. $38,400
d. $398,000

Aplant manager is considering buying additional stamping machines to accommodate increasing demand. the alternatives are to buy 1 machine, 2 machines, or 3 machines. the profits realized under each alternative are a function of whether their bid for a recent defense contract is accepted or not. the payoff table below illustrates the profits realized (in $000's) based on the different scenarios faced by the manager. alternative bid accepted bid rejected buy 1 machine $10 $5 buy 2 machines $30 $4 buy 3 machines $40 $2 refer to the information above. assume that based on historical bids with the defense contractor, the plant manager believes that there is a 65% chance that the bid will be accepted and a 35% chance that the bid will be rejected. what is the expected value under perfect information (evpi)?