Piedmont Company segments its business into two regions—North and South. The company prepared the contribution format segmented income statement shown below:TotalCompany North South Sales$600,000$400,000 $200,000 Variable expenses 360,000 280,000 80,000 Contribution margin 240,000 120,000 120,000 Traceable fixed expenses 132,000 66,000 66,000 Segment margin 108,000 $54,000 $54,000 Common fixed expenses 56,000 Net operating income$52,000 Required:1.Compute the companywide break-even point in dollar sales . 2.Compute the break-even point in dollar sales for the North region. 3.Compute the break-even point in dollar sales for the South region. (Round your break-even dollar sales to the nearest whole number.)

Last week, linda's commission check was $84. if she earns a 12.5% commission on sales, what were her total sales?

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

Parks corporation is considering an investment proposal in which a working capital investment of $10,000 would be required. the investment would provide cash inflows of $2,000 per year for six years. the working capital would be released for use elsewhere when the project is completed. if the company's discount rate is 10%, the investment's net present value is closest to (ignore income taxes) ?