Ramos Corporation uses the physical-units method to allocate costs among its three joint products: X, Y, and Z. The following data are available for the period just ended: Joint processing cost: $800,000 Total production: 150,000 pounds Share of joint cost allocated to X: $160,000 Share of joint cost allocated to Y: $400,000 Which of the following statements is true? a. The company would have relied on the sales value of each product when allocating joint costs to X, Y,and Z.
b. Ithaca produced 30,000 pounds of Z during the period.
c. Ithaca produced 45,000 pounds of Z during the period.
d. Ithaca produced 105,000 pounds of Z during the period.
e. Based on the data presented, it is not possible to determine Ithaca's production of Z during the period.

Evelyn would like to open a small business that is categorized as a being in the distribution industry. to do this she could open a establishment.

Self-interest achieve society’s economic goals because producers know which goods consumers want the most. as consumers and producers exercise their freedom to act in their own self-interest, markets will produce the desired goods at the lowest possible cost. consumers and producers both operate based on society’s economic goals. consumers know which goods can be produced at the lowest cost. there is a wide variety of desired goods and services in a market system because producers determine what to produce. consumers change their minds frequently. there is always a need to produce something new and improved. individual wants are diverse. what is produced is ultimately determined by consumers, because if the goods offered are not what consumers want, consumers will not buy them. producers, because they are driven by profits. producers, because they determine what to produce. consumers, because they participate in marketing surveys.

You are evaluating two different silicon wafer milling machines. the techron i costs $285,000, has a three-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $78,000 per year. the techron ii costs $495,000, has a five-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $45,000 per year. for both milling machines, use straight-line depreciation to zero over the project’s life and assume a salvage value of $55,000. if your tax rate is 24 percent and your discount rate is 11 percent, compute the eac for both machines.