Zytel corporation produces cleaning compounds and solutions for industrial and household use. while most of its products are processed independently, a few are related. grit 337, a coarse cleaning powder with many industrial uses, costs $2.30 a pound to make and sells for $3.50 a pound. a small portion of the annual production of this product is retained for further processing in the mixing department, where it is combined with several other ingredients to form a paste, which is marketed as a silver polish selling for $6.10 per jar. this further processing requires 1/4 pound of grit 337 per jar. costs of other ingredients, labor, and variable overhead associated with this further processing amount to $2.30 per jar. variable selling costs are $0.60 per jar. if the decision were made to cease production of the silver polish, $9,000 of mixing department fixed costs could be avoided. zytel has limited production capacity for grit 337, but unlimited demand for the cleaning powder. required: calculate the minimum number of jars of silver polish that would have to be sold to justify further processing of grit 337. (round your intermediate calculation to 2 decimal places and final answer to the nearest whole number.)

Exercise 18-15 sheffield appliance center is an experienced home appliance dealer. sheffield appliance center also offers a number of services for the home appliances that it sells. assume that sheffield appliance center sells ovens on a standalone basis. sheffield appliance center also sells installation services and maintenance services for ovens. however, sheffield appliance center does not offer installation or maintenance services to customers who buy ovens from other vendors. pricing for ovens is as follows. oven only $790 oven with installation service 850 oven with maintenance services 970 oven with installation and maintenance services 990 in each instance in which maintenance services are provided, the maintenance service is separately priced within the arrangement at $180. additionally, the incremental amount charged by sheffield appliance center for installation approximates the amount charged by independent third parties. ovens are sold subject to a general right of return. if a customer purchases an oven with installation and/or maintenance services, in the event sheffield appliance center does not complete the service satisfactorily, the customer is only entitled to a refund of the portion of the fee that exceeds $790. assume that a customer purchases an oven with both installation and maintenance services for $990. (b) indicate the amount of revenue that should be allocated to the oven, the installation, and to the maintenance contract.

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Total marketing effort is a term used to describe the critical decision factors that affect demand: price, advertising, distribution, and product quality. define the variable x to represent total marketing effort. a typical model that is used to predict demand as a function of total marketing effort is based on the power function: d = axb suppose that a is a positive number. different model forms result from varying the constant b. sketch the graphs of this model for b = 0, b = 1, 0< b< 1, b< 0, and b> 1. (we encourage you to use excel to do this.) what does each model tell you about the relationship between demand and marketing effort? what assumptions are implied? are they reasonable? how would you go about selecting the appropriate model?