Manson industries incurs unit costs of $7 ($5 variable and $2 fixed) in making an assembly part for its finished product. a supplier offers to make 19,400 of the assembly part at $6 per unit. if the offer is accepted, manson will save all variable costs but no fixed costs. prepare an analysis showing the total cost saving, if any, manson will realize by buying the part. (enter negative amounts using either a negative sign preceding the number e. g. -45 or parentheses e. g. ( make buy net income increase (decrease) variable manufacturing costs $ $ $ fixed manufacturing costs purchase price total annual cost $ $ $ the decision should be to the part.

The market demand curve for a popular teen magazine is given by q = 80 - 10p where p is the magazine price in dollars per issue and q is the weekly magazine circulation in units of 10,000. if the circulation is 400,000 per week at the current price, what is the consumer surplus for a teen reader with maximum willingness to pay of $3 per issue?

Fortress international, a large conglomerate, procures a few component parts from external suppliers and also manufactures some of the key raw materials in its own subsidiaries. aside from this, the company does not solely depend on outside distributors to reach its customers. in fact, it has its own retail stores to distribute its products. in this scenario, which of the following alternatives to vertical integration is fortress international applying? a. concentric integration b. taper integration c. horizontal integration d. conglomerate integration

Which is cheaper: eating out or dining in? the mean cost of a flank steak, broccoli, and rice bought at the grocery store is $13.04 (money.msn website, november 7, 2012). a sample of 100 neighborhood restaurants showed a mean price of $12.75 and a standard deviation of $2 for a comparable restaurant meal. a. develop appropriate hypotheses for a test to determine whether the sample data support the conclusion that the mean cost of a restaurant meal is less than fixing a comparable meal at home. b. using the sample from the 100 restaurants, what is the p-value? c. at a = .05, what is your conclusion? d. repeat the preceding hypothesis test using the critical value approach