Liu, Inc. creates DVDs for major film companies. Over the past two years, Liu has only used one machine to burn the DVDs. This machine had the capacity to burn 50,000 DVDs per month. This year Liu purchased a brand new machine for burning the DVDs that had additional capacity of 60,000 DVDs per month and a cost of $2,275,000. He estimates the machine has a useful life of five years. Before production of DVDs, Liu purchases blank DVDs from a domestic supplier at a cost of $0.25 / DVD. The manufacturing process requires two line workers; one to run the machine and one to package the DVDs. These employees are paid $0.05 / DVD produced (each). Cost of packaging is $1.75 / DVD. Additionally, Liu hired a production supervisor and is paying her $ 65,000 / year in salary and pays $ 9,000 / year in insurance. This year Liu estimates he will produce and sell a total of 1,000,000 DVDs (sales price = $5.50 / DVD).

Which one is NOT a variable cost?

An office manager is concerned with declining productivity. despite the fact that she regularly monitors her clerical staff four times each day—at 9: 00 am, 11: 00 am, 1: 00 pm, and again at 3: 00 pm—office productivity has declined 30 percent since she assumed the helm one year ago. would you recommend that the office manager invest more time monitoring the productivity of her clerical staff? explain.

Jamie lee is reviewing her finances one month later. she has provided the actual amounts paid below. use the cash budget table below to her identify the variances in her budget. each answer must have a value for the assignment to be complete. enter "0" for any unused categories. actual amounts income: monthly expenses: gross monthly salary $2,315 rent obligation $260 net monthly salary $1,740 utilities/electricity $130 savings allocation: utilities/water $10 regular savings $130 utilities/cable tv $155 rainy-day savings $20 food $160 entertainment: gas/maintenance $205 cake decorating class $90 credit card payment $25 movies with friends $50 car insurance $75 clothing $145 budgeted amounts assets: monthly expenses: checking account $1,850 rent obligation $225 emergency fund savings account $4,300 utilities/electricity $75 car $5,200 utilities/water $35 computer & ipad $1,100 utilities/cable tv $120 liabilities: food $115 student loan $6,600 gas/maintenance $95 credit card balance $1,000 credit card payment $45 income: car insurance $45 gross monthly salary $2,155 clothing $45 net monthly salary $1,580 entertainment: savings allocation: cake decorating class $90 regular savings $130 movies with friends $50 rainy day savings $20

When a shortage or a surplus arises in the loanable funds market a. the supply of loanable funds changes to return the economy to its original real interest rate b. the nominal interest rate is pulled to the new equilibrium level c. the demand for loanable funds changes to return the economy to its original real interest rate d. the real interest rate is pulled to the new equilibrium level