Bee Hive Farms ordered some ventilated suits from Martin. Both are merchants. Martin sent Bee Hive Farms an invoice, which stated that a certain charge would be added to any unpaid bills. The set charge was a common percentage in the industry. Bee Hive Farms failed to pay for the suits. Subsequently, it received another invoice, containing the late charge. Bee Hive Farms did not object to the charge and did not pay the bill. Martin sued Bee Hive Farms for breach of contract. Bee Hive Farms, however, claimed that it did not agree to the late charge.

Adamson company manufactures four lines of garden tools. as a result of an activity analysis, the accounting department has identified eight activity cost pools. each of the product lines is produced in large batches, with the whole plant devoted to one product at a time. classify each of the following activities or costs as either unit-level, batch-level, product-level, or facility-level. activities (a) machining parts. (b) product design. (c) plant maintenance. (d) machine setup. (e) assembling parts. (f) purchasing raw materials. (g) property taxes. (h) painting.