Alpha Company makes products A and B. Its contribution margin statement is as follows: A B Total Sales volume (units) 400 600 1,000 Revenue $60,000 $60,000 $120,000 Variable Costs Direct materials $25,000 $15,000 $40,000 Direct labor $15,000 $10,000 $25,000 Contribution Margin $20,000 $35,000 $55,000 Fixed Costs $50,000 Profit $5,000 Alpha allocates its fixed costs (capacity costs) based on direct labor dollars. Compute the allocated fixed costs for product A. Group of answer choices $2.00 $30,000 $50,000 $60,000 $110,000

Rate of return douglas keel, a financial analyst for orange industries, wishes to estimate the rate of return for two similar-risk investments, x and y. douglas's research indicates that the immediate past returns will serve as reasonable estimates of future returns. a year earlier, investment x had a market value of $27 comma 000; and investment y had a market value of $46 comma 000. during the year, investment x generated cash flow of $2 comma 025 and investment y generated cash flow of $ 6 comma 770. the current market values of investments x and y are $28 comma 582 and $46 comma 000, respectively. a. calculate the expected rate of return on investments x and y using the most recent year's data. b. assuming that the two investments are equally risky, which one should douglas recommend? why?