Astro 19,300 units of its only product and incurred a $ 54,940 loss ( ignoring taxes ) for the current year , as shown here During a planning session for year 2020's activities , the production manager notes that variable costs can be reduced 40 % by installing a machine that automates several operations . To obtain these savings , the company must increase its annual costs by . The maximum output capacity of the company is units per year . \$143,000; 40, 000 ASTRO COMPANY Contribution Margin Statement For Year Ended December 31 , 2019 719,240 costs Contribution margin (532, 680)/(177, 560); 232, 599; 5(54, 948) Repuired . 1. Compute the break even point in dollar sales for 2019 ( Round your answers to 2 decimal places . )

ernst's electrical has a bond issue outstanding with ten years to maturity. these bonds have a $1,000 face value, a 5 percent coupon, and pay interest semiminusannually. the bonds are currently quoted at 96 percent of face value. what is ernst's pretax cost of debt?

Reactive power generation has the following capital structure. its corporate tax rate is 40%. security market value required rate of return debt $ 30 million 4 % preferred stock 30 million 6 common stock 40 million 10 what is its wacc? (do not round intermediate calculations. enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

Which of the following differentiates cost accounting and financial accounting? a. the primary users of cost accounting are the investors, whereas the primary users of financial accounting are the managers. b. cost accounting measures only the financial information related to the costs of acquiring fixed assets in an organization, whereas financial accounting measures financial and nonfinancial information of a company's business transactions. c. cost accounting measures information related to the costs of acquiring or using resources in an organization, whereas financial accounting measures a financial position of a company to investors, banks, and external parties. d. cost accounting deals with product design, production, and marketing strategies, whereas financial accounting deals mainly with pricing of the products.