Gabriela Manufacturing must decide whether to insource or outsource a new toxic-free miracle carpetcleaner that works with its Miracle Carpet CleaningMachine. If it decides to insource the product, theprocess would incur $300,000 of annual fi xed costs and$1.50 per unit of variable costs. If it is outsourced, a supplierhas off ered to make it for an annual fi xed cost of $120,000and a variable cost of $2.25 per unit in variable costs.(a) Given these two alternatives, determine theindiff erence point (where total costs are equal).(b) If the expected demand for the new miracle cleaneris 300,000 units. Required:
What would you recommend that Gabriela Manufacturing do?

Select the correct answer. joshua runs a large manufacturing business that is listed on the stock exchange. his company made good profits in the previous financial year. he now plans to reward his shareholders with handsome dividends. under which category of activities in the cash flow statement would the company’s accountants place this outflow of cash? a. investing activities b. operating activities c. financing activities d. non-operating activities

Suppose general motors demands labor according to the labor demand function 푤푤= 40−0. 5퐸퐸, where 푤푤 is the hourly wage and 퐸퐸 is the number of employees. the united auto workers union has a utility function given by 푈푈=푊푊∗퐸퐸. a.in 1984, the united auto workers union started negotiations with general motors by assuming that they were a monopoly union. find the wage and employment demands that the united auto workers union would have demanded before any bargaining began. b.if general motors and the united auto workers union both had excellent bargaining representatives, would this be the final labor contract? if not, then explain in words and graphically where they would end up after the bargaining process.

On average, someone with a bachelor's degree is estimated to earn times more than someone with a high school diploma. a)1.2 b)1.4 c)1.6 d)1.8