The condensed income statement for a business for the past year is presented as follows: Product F G H Total Sales $300,000 $220,000 $340,000 $860,000 Less variable costs 180,000 190,000 220,000 590,000 Contribution margin $120,000 $ 30,000 $120,000 $270,000 Less fixed costs 50,000 50,000 40,000 140,000 Income (loss) from operations $ 70,000 $(20,000) $ 80,000 $130,000 Management is considering the discontinuance of the manufacture and sale of product G at the beginning of the current year. The discontinuance would have no effect on the total fixed costs and expenses or on the sales of products F and H. What is the amount of change in net income for the current year that will result from the discontinuance of product G

You are the manager of a firm that produces output in two plants. the demand for your firm's product is p = 20 − q, where q = q1 + q2. the marginal costs associated with producing in the two plants are mc1 = 2 and mc2 = 2q2. how much output should be produced in plant 1 in order to maximize profits?

Richardson hired j. c. flood company, a plumbing contractor, to correct a stoppage in the sewer line of her house. the plumbing company's 'snake' device, used to clear the line leading to the main sewer, became caught in the underground line. to release it, the company excavated a portion of the sewer line in richardson's backyard. in the process, the company discovered numerous leaks in a rusty, defective water pipe that ran parallel with the sewer line. to meet public regulations, the water pipe, of a type no longer approved for such service, had to be replaced either then or later, when the yard would have to be excavated again. the plumbing company proceeded to repair the water pipe. though richardson inspected the company's work daily and did not express any objection to the extra work involved in replacing the water pipe, she refused to pay any part of the total bill after the company completed the entire operation. j. c. flood company then sued richardson for the costs of labor and material it had furnished. (c) for what, if anything, should richardson be liable? explain."

You own 2,200 shares of deltona hardware. the company has stated that it plans on issuing a dividend of $0.42 a share at the end of this year and then issuing a final liquidating dividend of $2.90 a share at the end of next year. your required rate of return on this security is 16 percent. ignoring taxes, what is the value of one share of this stock to you today?