Afactory machine was purchased for $375000 on january 1, 2018. it was estimated that it would have a $75000 salvage value at the end of its 5-year useful life. it was also estimated that the machine would be run 40000 hours in the 5 years. the company ran the machine for 4000 actual hours in 2018. if the company uses the units-of-activity method of depreciation, the amount of depreciation expense for 2018 would be

Required: 1-a. the marketing manager argues that a $5,000 increase in the monthly advertising budget would increase monthly sales by $9,000. calculate the increase or decrease in net operating income. 1-b. should the advertising budget be increased ? yes no hintsreferencesebook & resources hint #1 check my work 8.value: 1.00 pointsrequired information 2-a. refer to the original data. management is considering using higher-quality components that would increase the variable expense by $2 per unit. the marketing manager believes that the higher-quality product would increase sales by 10% per month. calculate the change in total contribution margin. 2-b. should the higher-quality components be used? yes no