Owner fay woo is considering franchising her oriental joy restaurant concept. she believes people will pay $ 6.50 for a large bowl of noodles. variable costs are $ 1.95 a bowl. woo estimates monthly fixed costs for franchisees at $ 8 comma 400. read the requirements requirement 1. find a franchisee's breakeven sales in dollars. begin by identifying the formula to compute the sales in units at various levels of operating income using the contribution margin approach. ( fixed expenses + operating income ) / contribution margin ratio = breakeven sales in dollars the breakeven sales in dollars is $ 12,000 . requirement 2. is franchising a good idea for woo if franchisees want a minimum monthly operating income of $ 7 comma 000 and woo believes that most locations could generate $ 26 comma 000 in monthly sales? the target sales in dollars to reach the minimum monthly operating income for franchises is $ .

Which of the following actions is most likely to result in a decrease in the money supply? a. the required reserve ratio for banks is decreased. b. the discount rate on overnight loans is lowered. c. the federal reserve bank buys treasury bonds. d. the government sells a new batch of treasury bonds. 2b2t

Gus needs to purée his soup while it's still in the pot. what is the best tool for him to use? a. potato masher b. immersion blender c. rotary mixer d. whisk

Blue computers, a major pc manufacturer in the united states, currently has plants in kentucky and pennsylvania. the kentucky plant has a capacity of 1 million units a year and the pennsylvania plant has a capacity of 1.5 million units a year. the firm divides the united states into five markets: northeast, southeast, midwest, south, and west. each pc sells for $1,000. the firm anticipates a 50 perc~nt growth in demand (in each region) this year (after which demand will stabilize) and wants to build a plant with a capacity of 1.5 million units per year to accommodate the growth. potential sites being considered are in north carolina and california. currently the firm pays federal, state, and local taxes on the income from each plant. federal taxes are 20 percent of income, and all state and local taxes are 7 percent of income in each state. north carolina has offered to reduce taxes for the next 10 years from 7 percent to 2 percent. blue computers would like to take the tax break into consideration when planning its network. consider income over the next 10 years in your analysis. assume that all costs remain unchanged over the 10 years. use a discount factor of 0.1 for your analysis. annual fixed costs, production and shipping costs per unit, and current regional demand (before the 50 percent growth) are shown in table 5-13. (a) if blue computers sets an objective of minimizing total fixed and variable costs, where should they build the new plant? how should the network be structured? (b) if blue computers sets an objective of maximizing after-tax profits, where should they build the new plant? how should the network be structured? variable production and shipping cost ($/unit) annual fixed cost northeast southeast midwest south west (million$) kentucky 185 180 175 175 200 150 pennsylvania 170 190 180 200 220 200 n. carolina 180 180 185 185 215 150 california 220 220 195 195 175 150 demand ('000 units/month) 700 400 400 300 600