Seifer Inc.'s inspection costs are listed below: Units Produced Inspection Costs April 119 $ 8,558 May 117 $ 8,535 June 113 $ 8,150 July 125 $ 8,736 August 152 $ 9,357 September 108 $ 8,321 October 120 $ 8,603 November 192 $ 10,337 Management believes that inspection cost is a mixed cost that depends on the number of units produced. Required: Using the high-low method, the estimates of the fixed component of inspection cost would be closest to:a.$22 per unit plus $6,000 per month

b.$14 per unit plus $8,000 per month

c.$25 per unit plus $5,400 per month

d.$18 per unit plus $6,800 per month

Captain john's yachts, inc., located in fort lauderdale, florida, rents three types of ocean-going boats: sailboats, cabin cruisers, and captain john's favorite, the luxury yachts. captain john advertises his boats with his famous "you rent"we pilot" slogan, which means that the company supplies the captain and crew for each rented boat. each rented boat has one captain, of course, but the crew sizes (deck hands, galley hands, etc.) differ. the crew requirements, in addition to a captain, are one for sailboats, two for cabin cruisers, and three for yachts. ten employees are captains, and an additional 18 employees fill the various crew positions. currently, captain john has rental requests for all his boats: four sailboats, eight cabin cruisers, and three luxury yachts. if captain john's daily profit contribution is $50 for sailboats, $70 for cruisers, and $100 for luxury yachts, how many boats of each type should he rent?

Onsider the following subscription behavior information from genie, a web site that provides tools for constructing a family tree (ancestor search). subscriptions cost $9.99 per month, but you are charged for the entire year at the time of purchase. there is a one-year minimum term when you sign up for the service. once purchased, subscriptions are set to renew automatically unless the subscriber cancels them. when a membership renews, it renews for a one-year term and again you are charged for the entire year. there are no variable costs associated with providing this service to an individual customer, but genie does engage in customer relationship activities that they believe will increase customer retention. these customer relationship activities cost genie about $10 per year per customer. based on a sample of 1000 customers that joined genie five years ago, near the time when the company was founded, they were able to determine how many of those customers remained subscribers in the second year, third year etc. based on this information, genie calculated the average annual retention rate to be 20%. genie uses an annual discount rate of 8%. a. last year, genie spent $10,000 placing advertisements on google. genie management believes that these advertisements were responsible for about 300 new subscribers. would you recommend to genie management that they purchase more google ads? b. suppose a newly-introduced loyalty program increases the number of customers that remained to 30%. does this new data change your answer to 9.a? c. do you have any hesitations or concerns about making recommendations to management based on your above estimate of customer lifetime value?

On january 1, eastern college received $1,350,000 from its students for the spring semester that it recorded in unearned tuition and fees. the term spans four months beginning on january 2 and the college spreads the revenue evenly over the months of the term. assuming the college prepares adjustments monthly, what amount of tuition revenue should the college recognize on february 28?