Afirm is considering two location alternatives. at location a, fixed costs would be $4,000,000 per year, and variable costs $0.30 per unit. at alternative b, fixed costs would be $3,600,000 per year, with variable costs of $0.35 per unit. if annual demand is expected to be 10 million units, which plant offers the lowest total cost? a) plant a, because it is cheaper than plant b for all volumes over 8,000,000 units b) plant b, because it is cheaper than plant a for all volumes over 8,000,000 units. c) plant a, because it is cheaper than plant b for all volumes d) plant b, because it has the lower variable com per unit e) neither plant a nor plant b, because (he crossover point is at 10 million units.

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Companies in the u.s. car rental market vary greatly in terms of the size of the fleet, the number of locations, and annual revenue. in 2011 hertz had 320,000 cars in service and annual revenue of approximately $4.2 billion. the following data show the number of cars in service (1000s) and the annual revenue ($ millions) for six smaller car rental companies (auto rental news website, august 7, 2012). excel file: data14-09.xls if required, enter negative values as negative numbers. a. select a scatter diagram with the number of cars in service as the independent variable. b. what does the scatter diagram developed in part (a) indicate about the relationship between the two variables? c. use the least squares method to develop the estimated regression equation (to 3 decimals). ŷ = + x d. for every additional car placed in service, estimate how much annual revenue will change. by $ e. fox rent a car has 11,000 cars in service. use the estimated regression equation developed in part (c) to predict annual revenue for fox rent a car. round your answer to nearest whole value. $ million hide feedback partially correct

Turtle corporation produces and sells a single product. data concerning that product appear below: per unit percent of sales selling price $ 150 100 % variable expenses 75 50 % contribution margin $ 75 50 % the company is currently selling 5,600 units per month. fixed expenses are $194,000 per month. the marketing manager believes that a $5,300 increase in the monthly advertising budget would result in a 190 unit increase in monthly sales. what should be the overall effect on the company's monthly net operating income of this change?