Augusta, inc., expects manufacturing and sales of 70,000 units of product maggie, its only product, to occur evenly over a 10-week period. augusta pays for materials in the week following use. the balance of accounts payable for materials at the beginning of the 10-week period is $40,000. there are no beginning inventories. the fol­lowing information pertains to product maggie for the 10-week period: sales price $11 per unit materials $3 per unit manufacturing conversion costs—fixed $210,000 variable $2 per unit selling and administrative costs—fixed $45,000 variable $1 per unit a special order for 4,000 units would cause a loss of 1,000 regular sales. all cost relationships are unchanged. if the special order is accepted, what minimum amount of revenue must be generated from the special order so that net income is not reduced?

Stocks a, b, and c are similar in some respects: each has an expected return of 10% and a standard deviation of 25%. stocks a and b have returns that are independent of one another; i.e., their correlation coefficient, r, equals zero. stocks a and c have returns that are negatively correlated with one another; i.e., r is less than 0. portfolio ab is a portfolio with half of its money invested in stock a and half in stock b. portfolio ac is a portfolio with half of its money invested in stock a and half invested in stock c. which of the following statements is correct? a. portfolio ab has a standard deviation that is greater than 25%.b. portfolio ac has an expected return that is less than 10%.c. portfolio ac has a standard deviation that is less than 25%.d. portfolio ab has a standard deviation that is equal to 25%.e. portfolio ac has an expected return that is greater than 25%.