Grace williams purchased plates and cups from china wholesalers for sale to retail customers at her store. grace and china had little paperwork, just the invoices from the shipments. otherwise, they operated by phone and shipments in response to the phone call requests. grace's orders range from $2000-$10,000. china decided to clean up its internal controls and documentation and asked grace to sign a form agreement. grace is not sure that she wants to sign a contract. which of the following is correct, given grace's circumstances? o there need not be a written contract because the parties have a longstanding relationship. o if china simply confirms each order from grace, there is sufficient record of a contract. o there must be a written contract for any part of this relationship to be enforceable. o pattern or practice is sufficient writing to establish a contract.

Walsh company manufactures and sells one product. the following information pertains to each of the company’s first two years of operations: variable costs per unit: manufacturing: direct materials $ 25 direct labor $ 12 variable manufacturing overhead $ 5 variable selling and administrative $ 4 fixed costs per year: fixed manufacturing overhead $ 400,000 fixed selling and administrative expenses $ 60,000 during its first year of operations, walsh produced 50,000 units and sold 40,000 units. during its second year of operations, it produced 40,000 units and sold 50,000 units. the selling price of the company’s product is $83 per unit. required: 1. assume the company uses variable costing: a. compute the unit product cost for year 1 and year 2. b. prepare an income statement for year 1 and year 2. 2. assume the company uses absorption costing: a. compute the unit product cost for year 1 and year 2. b. prepare an income statement for year 1 and year 2. 3. reconcile the difference between variable costing and absorption costing net operating income in year 1.

At a student café, there are equal numbers of two types of customers with the following values. the café owner cannot distinguish between the two types of students because many students without early classes arrive early anyway (i.e., she cannot price-discriminate). students with early classes students without early classes coffee 70 60 banana 51 101 the marginal cost of coffee is 10 and the marginal cost of a banana is 40. the café owner is considering three pricing strategies: 1. mixed bundling: price bundle of coffee and a banana for 161, or just a coffee for 70. 2. price separately: offer coffee at 60, price a banana at 101. 3. bundle only: coffee and a banana for 121. do not offer goods separately. assume that if the price of an item or bundle is no more than exactly equal to a student's willingness to pay, then the student will purchase the item or bundle. for simplicity, assume there is just one student with an early class, and one student without an early class. price strategy revenue from pricing strategy cost from pricing strategy profit from pricing strategy 1. mixed bundling $ $ $ 2. price separately $ $ $ 3. bundle only $ $ $ pricing strategy yields the highest profit for the café owner.

Intoxicated and not aware of the consequences, umberto agrees to a two-year cell-phone service contract with wander talk, inc., at more than the average market price. this contract is not enforceable because the contract clearly favors wander talk. not enforceable because umberto was intoxicated enough to lack mental capacity when he agreed to it. not enforceable because contracting parties can change their minds. enforceable.