Midlands inc. had a bad year in 2016. for the first time in its history, it operated at a loss. the company's income statement showed the following results from selling 76,000 units of product: net sales $1,520,000; total costs and expenses $1,780,000; and net loss $260,000. costs and expenses consisted of the following.
total variable fixed
cost of goods sold 1,117,000 $611,000 $506,000
selling expenses 514,000 93,000 421,000
administrative expenses 149,000 56,000 93,000
1,780,000 $760,000 $1,020,000
management is considering the following independent alternatives for 2017.
1. income unit price 30% with no change in costs and expenses.
2. change the con position of a salesperson from fixed annual sales totaling $199,000 to total salaries of $36,000 plus a 5% commission on net sales.
3. purchase new high-tech factory machinery that will change the proportion between the variable and fixed cost of goods sold to 50: 50.
(a) compute the break-even point in dollars for 2016.
(b) compute the break-even point in dollars under each of the alternatives courses of action for 2017.

Needs to schedule the staffing of the center. it is open from 8am until midnight. larry has monitored the usage of the center at various times of the day and determined that the following number of computer consultants are required: time of dayminimum number of consultants required to be on duty8 am-noon4noon-4 pm84pm-8pm108pm-midnight6 two types of computer consultants can be hired: full-time and part-time. the full- time consultants work for eight consecutive hours in any of the shifts: morning (8am- 4pm), afternoon (noon-8pm) and evening (4pm-midnight). full-time consultants are paid $14 per hour. part-time consultants can be hired to work any of the four shifts listed in the table. part-time consultants are paid $12 per hour. an additional requirement is that during every time period, there must be at least two full-time consultants on duty for every part-time consultant on duty. larry would like to determine how many full-time and part-time consultants should work each shift to meet the above requirements at the minimum possible cost. formulate this as an lp problem. you must define your variables clearly

Sauer food company has decided to buy a new computer system with an expected life of three years. the cost is $440,000. the company can borrow $440,000 for three years at 14 percent annual interest or for one year at 12 percent annual interest. assume interest is paid in full at the end of each year. a. how much would sauer food company save in interest over the three-year life of the computer system if the one-year loan is utilized and the loan is rolled over (reborrowed) each year at the same 12 percent rate? compare this to the 14 percent three-year loan.

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