Lusk company produces and sells 15,200 units of product x each month. the selling price of product x is $22 per unit, and variable expenses are $16 per unit. a study has been made concerning whether product x should be discontinued. the study shows that $73,000 of the $102,000 in fixed expenses charged to product x would continue, even if the product was discontinued. these data indicate that if product x is discontinued, the company's overall net operating income would : 1. decrease by $62,200 per month2. increase by $10,800 per month3. increase by $39,800 per month4. decrease by $39,800 per month

Kim opim, an enthusiastic student, is on her flight over from philadelphia (phl) to paris. kim reflects upon how her educational experiences from her operations courses could explain the long wait time that she experienced before she could enter the departure area of terminal a at phl. as an airline representative explained to kim, there are four types of travelers in terminal a (buad 311) buad 311. mcgraw-hill create. vitalbook file. the citation provided is a guideline. check each citation for accuracy before use.

Richardson hired j.c. flood company, a plumbing contractor, to correct a stoppage in the sewer line of her house. the plumbing company's 'snake' device, used to clear the line leading to the main sewer, became caught in the underground line. to release it, the company excavated a portion of the sewer line in richardson's backyard. in the process, the company discovered numerous leaks in a rusty, defective water pipe that ran parallel with the sewer line. to meet public regulations, the water pipe, of a type no longer approved for such service, had to be replaced either then or later, when the yard would have to be excavated again. the plumbing company proceeded to repair the water pipe. though richardson inspected the company's work daily and did not express any objection to the extra work involved in replacing the water pipe, she refused to pay any part of the total bill after the company completed the entire operation. j.c. flood company then sued richardson for the costs of labor and material it had furnished. (c) for what, if anything, should richardson be liable? explain."

crow design, inc. is a web site design and consulting firm. the firm uses a job order costing system in which each client is a different job. crow design assigns direct labor, licensing costs, and travel costs directly to each job. it allocates indirect costs to jobs based on a predetermined overhead allocation rate, computed as a percentage of direct labor costs. direct labor hours (professional) 6,250 hours direct labor costs ($1,800,000 support staff salaries ,000 computer ,000 office ,000 office ,000 in november 2012, crow design served several clients. records for two clients appear here: delicious treats mesilla chocolates direct labor 700 hours 100 hours software licensing $ 4,000 $400 travel costs 8,000 1. compute crow design’s direct labor rate and its predetermined indirect cost allocation rate for 2012. 2. compute the total cost of each job. 3. if simone wants to earn profits equal to 50% of service revenue, how much (what fee) should she charge each of these two clients? 4. why does crow design assign costs to jobs?