The management of madeira computing is considering the introduction of a wearable electronic device with the functionality of a laptop computer and phone. the fixed cost to launch this new product is $300,000. the variable cost for the product is expected to be between $160 and $240, with a most likely value of $200 per unit. the product will sell for $300 per unit. demand for the product is expected to range from 0 to approximately 20,000 units, with 4,000 units the most likely.
a) develop a what-if spreadsheet model computing profit for this product in the base case, worst-case, and best-case scenarios.
best-case profit: $
worst-case profit: $
base case profit: $
b) model the variable cost as a uniform random variable with a minimum of $160 and a maximum of $240. model product demand as 1,000 times the value of a gamma random variable with an alpha parameter of 3 and a beta parameter of 2. construct a simulation model to estimate the average profit and the probability that the project will result in a loss.
average profit: $
probabilty of a loss: %

Which of the following is a problem for the production of public goods?

The following account balances at the beginning of january were selected from the general ledger of fresh bagel manufacturing​ company: work in process inventory ​$0 raw materials inventory $ 29 comma 000 finished goods inventory $ 40 comma 900 additional​ data: 1. actual manufacturing overhead for january amounted to $ 62 comma 600. 2. total direct labor cost for january was $ 63 comma 600. 3. the predetermined manufacturing overhead rate is based on direct labor cost. the budget for the year called for $ 255 comma 000 of direct labor cost and $ 382 comma 500 of manufacturing overhead costs. 4. the only job unfinished on january 31 was job no.​ 151, for which total direct labor charges were $ 5 comma 700 ​(1 comma 000 direct labor​ hours) and total direct material charges were $ 14 comma 400. 5. cost of direct materials placed in production during january totaled $ 123 comma 300. there were no indirect material requisitions during january. 6. january 31 balance in raw materials inventory was $ 35 comma 200. 7. finished goods inventory balance on january 31 was $ 35 comma 400. what is the cost of goods manufactured for​ january

The uptowner just paid an annual dividend of $4.12. the company has a policy of increasing the dividend by 2.5 percent annually. you would like to purchase shares of stock in this firm but realize that you will not have the funds to do so for another four years. if you require a rate of return of 16.7 percent, how much will you be willing to pay per share when you can afford to make this investment?