Toxemia salsa company manufactures five flavors of salsa. last year, toxemia generated net operating income of $40,000. the following information was taken from last year's income statement segmented by flavor (brackets indicate a negative amount): wimpy mild medium hot atomiccontribution margin $(2000) $45,000 $35,000 $50,000 $162,000segment margin $(16,000) $(5000) $7000 $10,000 $94,000segment margin less allocated common fixed expenses $(26,000) $(15,000) $(3000) $0 $84,000toxemia expects similar operating results for the upcoming year. if toxemia wants to maximize its profitability in the upcoming year, which flavor or flavors should toxemia discontinue? a. no flavors should be discontinued b. wimpy c. wimpy and mild d. wimpy, mild, and medium

You are the manager of the packaging department in a cookie factory. (obviously, the packaging employees cannot eat the cookies that are transferred in during the period.) after your employees insert cookies into colorful packages (step 1) for display on store shelves, the packages of cookies are then boxed using cardboard cartons (step 2) for shipment to stores. each unit of product is represented by a carton of packaged cookies. the packaging department began the period with 1,000 units of cookies. during the period, 5,000 units of cookies were transferred in from the baking department and 5,500 units of cookies were transferred out to the finished goods department. the number of units of cookies in the ending inventory of the packaging department equals:

Caleb construction (cc) incurs supervisor salaries expense in the construction of homes. if cc manufactures 100 homes in a year, fixed supervisor salaries will be $400,000. with the current construction supervisors, cc's productive capacity is 150 homes in a year. however, if cc is contracts to build more than 150 homes per year, it will need to hire additional supervisors, which are hired as full-time rather than temporary employees. cc's productive capacity would then become 200 homes per year, and salaries expense would increase to $470,000. how would cc’s salaries expense be properly classified? fixed variable mixed stepped curvilinear

As more people migrated west during the gold rush, what do you think happened to the demand curve in most western markets, holding all else constant? a. there was no shift, nor any increase or decrease in quantity demanded. b. there was no shift, but there was a decrease in quantity demanded. c. the demand curve shifted to the left. d. the demand curve shifted to the right. e. there was no shift, but there was an increase in quantity demanded.