Childress Company produces three products, K1, S5, and G9. Each product uses the same type of direct material. K1 uses 5 pounds of the material, S5 uses 2.7 pounds of the material, and G9 uses 5.3 pounds of the material. Demand for all products is strong, but only 52,900 pounds of material are available. Information about the selling price per unit and variable cost per unit of each product follows. K1 S5 G91 Selling price $ 172.00 $ 100.49 $ 189.65 Variable costs 89.00 77.00 134.00 Calculate the contribution margin per pound for each of the three products. Orders for which product should be produced and filled first, then second, and then third? (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

Gary becker's controversial the economics of discrimination concludes that price discrimination has no effect on final profits. price discrimination benefits monopolies. labor discrimination in hiring results in more efficient allocations of production. discrimination in hiring practices has no effect on final profits. labor discrimination harms firms that practice it due to increased labor costs. price discrimination harms monopolies, which refutes over two centuries of economic theory.

Stocks a, b, and c are similar in some respects: each has an expected return of 10% and a standard deviation of 25%. stocks a and b have returns that are independent of one another; i. e., their correlation coefficient, r, equals zero. stocks a and c have returns that are negatively correlated with one another; i. e., r is less than 0. portfolio ab is a portfolio with half of its money invested in stock a and half in stock b. portfolio ac is a portfolio with half of its money invested in stock a and half invested in stock c. which of the following statements is correct? a. portfolio ab has a standard deviation that is greater than 25%.b. portfolio ac has an expected return that is less than 10%.c. portfolio ac has a standard deviation that is less than 25%.d. portfolio ab has a standard deviation that is equal to 25%.e. portfolio ac has an expected return that is greater than 25%.

Rossdale co. stock currently sells for $68.91 per share and has a beta of 0.88. the market risk premium is 7.10 percent and the risk-free rate is 2.91 percent annually. the company just paid a dividend of $3.57 per share, which it has pledged to increase at an annual rate of 3.25 percent indefinitely. what is your best estimate of the company's cost of equity?