The sales (in billions of dollars) for two separate divisions of xyz corporation for each of the four quarters of 2018 are stored in a file called salesfigures. mat. modify plotsales. m, to load the file salesfigures. mat. separate this 2 × 4 matrix into vectors for the two divisions. create a single plot that contains two curves (one for each division). each division’s curve should be a different color. label the plot’s x axis and y axis appropriately. include a legend for the curve. save your plot, as an eps file, with the filename plotsales. eps. hint: matlab has built-in functions load and hold.

Make or buy eastside company incurs a total cost of $120,000 in producing 10,000 units of a component needed in the assembly of its major product. the component can be purchased from an outside supplier for $11 per unit. a related cost study indicates that the total cost of the component includes fixed costs equal to 50% of the variable costs involved. a. should eastside buy the component if it cannot otherwise use the released capacity? present your answer in the form of differential analysis. use negative sign represent a net disadvantage answer; otherwise do not use negative signs with your answers. cost from outside supplier $answer variable costs avoided by purchasing answer net advantage (disadvantage) to purchase alternative $answer b. what would be your answer to requirement (a) if the released capacity could be used in a project that would generate $50,000 of contribution margin? use negative sign represent a net disadvantage answer; otherwise do not use negative signs with your answers.