Fischer Company uses 12,000 units of a part in its production process. The costs to make a part are: direct material, $15; direct labor, $27; variable overhead, $15; and applied fixed overhead, $32. Heath has received a quote of $60 from a potential supplier for this part. If Fischer buys the part, 75 percent of the applied fixed overhead would continue. Fischer Company would be better off by Select one: a. $60,000 to buy the part b. $216,000 to manufacture the part c. $30,000 to manufacture the part d. $348,000 to buy the part

As a result of a labeling mistake at the chemical factory, a farmer accidentally sprays weedkiller rather than fertilizer on half her land. as a result, she loses half of her productive farmland. if the property of diminishing returns applies to all factors of production, she should expect to seea. a decrease in the marginal productivity of her remaining land and an increase in the marginal productivity of her labor. b. an increase in the marginal productivity of her remaining land and an increase in the marginal productivity of her labor. c. an increase in the marginal productivity of her remaining land and a decrease in the marginal productivity of her labor. d. a decrease in the marginal productivity of her remaining land and a decrease in the marginal productivity of her labor.