Exercise 21-4 turney company produces and sells automobile batteries, the heavy-duty hd-240. the 2017 sales forecast is as follows. quarter hd-240 1 5,100 2 7,330 3 8,220 4 10,240 the january 1, 2017, inventory of hd-240 is 2,040 units. management desires an ending inventory each quarter equal to 40% of the next quarter’s sales. sales in the first quarter of 2018 are expected to be 25% higher than sales in the same quarter in 2017. prepare quarterly production budgets for each quarter and in total for 2017.

Suppose portugal has 700 workers and 26,000 units of capital, and france has 18,000 workers and 700 units of capital. technology is identical in both countries. assume that wine is the capital-intensive good and cloth is the labor-intensive good. which of the following statements is correct if the nations start trading with each other? a) wages will increase in portugal. b) rental rates in france will increase. c) wages in france will decrease. d) rental rates in portugal will increase.

Rachel died in 2014 and her executor is finalizing her estate tax return. the executor has determined that rachel’s adjusted gross estate is $10,120,000 and that her estate is entitled to a charitable deduction in the amount of $500,000. using 2014 rates, calculate the estate tax liability for rachel’s estate.

Haley photocopying purchases a paper from an out-of-state vendor. average weekly demand for paper is 150 cartons per week for which haley pays $15 per carton. in bound shipments from the vendor average 1000 cartoons with an average lead time of 3 weeks. haley operates 52 weeks per year; it carries a 4-week supply of inventory as safety stock and no anticipation inventory. the vendor has recently announced that they will be building a faculty near haley photocopying that will reduce lead time to one week. further, they will be able to reduce shipments to 200 cartons. haley believes that they will be able to reduce safety stock to a 1-week supply. what impact will these changes make to haley’s average inventory level and its average aggregated inventory value?