Company A purchases cases of fertilizer for its lawn-care business from a supplier who charges $30 per order and $50 per case. Each case consists of five bags of fertilizer. Company A needs 2,000 bags of fertilizer a year. Company A’s annual holding costs are 30%. If Company A only has room to hold 25 cases of fertilizer, how many cases should Company A order each time to minimize the total holding and ordering cost?

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Managers in a firm hired to improve the firm's profitability and ultimately the shareholders' value will add to the overall costs if they pursue their own self-interests. what does this best illustrate? a. diseconomies of scale b. principal-agent problem c. experience-curveeffects d. information asymmetries

Xinhong company is considering replacing one of its manufacturing machines. the machine has a book value of $39,000 and a remaining useful life of 5 years, at which time its salvage value will be zero. it has a current market value of $49,000. variable manufacturing costs are $33,300 per year for this machine. information on two alternative replacement machines follows. alternative a alternative b cost $ 115,000 $ 117,000 variable manufacturing costs per year 22,900 10,100 1. calculate the total change in net income if alternative a and b is adopted. 2. should xinhong keep or replace its manufacturing machine