Prepare a direct labor budget for each month of April, May, and June. 2. Prepare a factory overhead budget for each month of April, May, and June. 3. The company is considering hiring more skilled workers. These workers would increase the direct labor rate to $21 per hour, and reduce direct labor hours required per finished good to 1.5 hours. Compute the direct labor budget for April assuming the company (a) does not hire more skilled workers and (b) hires more skilled workers. 4. The company is considering hiring more skilled workers. These workers would increase the direct labor rate to $21 per hour, and reduce direct labor hours required per finished good to 1.5 hours. How would this change to more skilled workers impact total budgeted factory overhead (assuming the budgeted variable overhead rate is unchanged)

The gilbert instrument corporation is considering replacing the wood steamer it currently uses to shape guitar sides. the steamer has 6 years of remaining life. if kept,the steamer will have depreciaiton expenses of $650 for five years and $325 for the sixthyear. its current book value is $3,575, and it can be sold on an internet auction site for$4,150 at this time. if the old steamer is not replaced, it can be sold for $800 at the endof its useful life. gilbert is considering purchasing the side steamer 3000, a higher-end steamer, whichcosts $12,000 and has an estimated useful life of 6 years with an estimated salvage value of$1,500. this steamer falls into the macrs 5-year class, so the applicable depreciationrates are 20.00%, 32.00%, 19.20%, 11.52%, 11.52%, and 5.76%. the new steamer is fasterand allows for an output expansion, so sales would rise by $2,000 per year; the newmachine's much greater efficiency would reduce operating expenses by $1,900 per year.to support the greater sales, the new machine would require that inventories increase by$2,900, but accounts payable would simultaneously increase by $700. gilbert's marginalfederal-plus-state tax rate is 40%, and its wacc is 15%.a. should it replace the old steamer? b. npv of replace = $2,083.51