Steele Corporation has the following information for January, February, and March: January February March Units produced 10,000 10,000 10,000 Units sold 7,000 8,500 10,500 Production costs per unit (based on 10,000 units) are as follows: Direct materials $12 Direct labor 8 Variable factory overhead 6 Fixed factory overhead 4 Variable selling and admin. expenses 10 Fixed selling and admin. expenses 4 There were no beginning inventories for January, and all units were sold for $50. Costs are stable over the three months. What is the value of Steele Corporation's ending inventory for January using the variable costing method

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Parks corporation is considering an investment proposal in which a working capital investment of $10,000 would be required. the investment would provide cash inflows of $2,000 per year for six years. the working capital would be released for use elsewhere when the project is completed. if the company's discount rate is 10%, the investment's net present value is closest to (ignore income taxes) ?

Emery pharmaceutical uses an unstable chemical compound that must be kept in an environment where both temperature and humidity can be controlled. emery uses 825 pounds per month of the chemical, estimates the holding cost to be 50% of the purchase price (because of spoilage), and estimates order costs to be $48 per order. the cost schedules of two suppliers are as follows: vendor 1 vendor 2 quantity price/lb quantity price/lb 1-499 $17 1-399 $17.10 500-999 $16.75 400-799 $16.85 1000+ $16.50 800-1199 $16.60 1200+ $16.25 (a) what is the economic order quantity for each supplier? (b) what quantity should be ordered and which supplier should be used? (c) the total cost for the most economic order sire is $