On December 31 of the current year, Pilozzi Company has the following information available: Common Stock $5 million Additional Paidminusin Capital $4 million Retained Earnings $2 million Cash $2 million Investment in Trading Securities $50,000 On December 31 of the current year, can the Board of Directors declare and pay a cash dividend of $ 3 million? A. No, Retained Earnings is below $ 3 million. B. No, the cash balance is below $ 3 million. C. Yes, if they can borrow some money, or liquidate some assets. D. No, Cash and Retained Earnings are both below $ 3 million.

Make or buy eastside company incurs a total cost of $120,000 in producing 10,000 units of a component needed in the assembly of its major product. the component can be purchased from an outside supplier for $11 per unit. a related cost study indicates that the total cost of the component includes fixed costs equal to 50% of the variable costs involved. a. should eastside buy the component if it cannot otherwise use the released capacity? present your answer in the form of differential analysis. use negative sign represent a net disadvantage answer; otherwise do not use negative signs with your answers. cost from outside supplier $answer variable costs avoided by purchasing answer net advantage (disadvantage) to purchase alternative $answer b. what would be your answer to requirement (a) if the released capacity could be used in a project that would generate $50,000 of contribution margin? use negative sign represent a net disadvantage answer; otherwise do not use negative signs with your answers.