The assembly department of binary, inc., a manufacturer of computers, had a beginning inventory of 5,000 units. during november, it assembled 8,000 units and transferred them to the packaging department. it incurred $250,000 in direct materials and $75,000 in conversion costs. the ending inventory in november was 3,000 units, which were 100% and 50% complete with respect to materials and conversion costs, respectively. calculate the total equivalent units of production for conversion costs for november. the weighted - average method is used. o a. 1,500 units ob. 9,500 units oc. 8,000 units d. 11,000 units

Aproduction line has three machines a, b, and c, with reliabilities of .96, .86, and .85, respectively. the machines are arranged so that if one breaks down, the others must shut down. engineers are weighing two alternative designs for increasing the line’s reliability. plan 1 involves adding an identical backup line, and plan 2 involves providing a backup for each machine. in either case, three machines (a, b, and c) would be used with reliabilities equal to the original three. a. compute overall system reliability under plan 1. (round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 4 decimal places.) reliability b. compute overall system reliability under plan 2. (round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 4 decimal places.) reliability c. which plan will provide the higher reliability? plan2plan1