The manufacturing costs of Calico Industries for three months of the year are provided below.

Total Cost Production Units
April $120,000 280,000
May 74,000 165,000
June 90,900 230,000

Using the high-low method, the variable cost per unit and the total fixed costs are:

a) $0.78 per unit and $4,000.
b) $0.40 per unit and $8,000.
c) $4.00 per unit and $800.
d) $7.80 per unit and $4,000.

Your mother's well-diversified portfolio has an expected return of 12.0% and a beta of 1.20. she is in the process of buying 100 shares of safety corp. at $10 a share and adding it to her portfolio. safety has an expected return of 15.0% and a beta of 2.00. the total value of your current portfolio is $9,000. what will the expected return and beta on the portfolio be after the purchase of the safety stock?

Pennewell publishing inc. (pp) is a zero growth company. it currently has zero debt and its earnings before interest and taxes (ebit) are $80,000. pp's current cost of equity is 10%, and its tax rate is 40%. the firm has 10,000 shares of common stock outstanding selling at a price per share of $48.00. refer to the data for pennewell publishing inc. (pp). pp is considering changing its capital structure to one with 30% debt and 70% equity, based on market values. the debt would have an interest rate of 8%. the new funds would be used to repurchase stock. it is estimated that the increase in risk resulting from the added leverage would cause the required rate of return on equity to rise to 12%. if this plan were carried out, what would be pp's new value of operations? a. $484,359 b. $521,173 c. $584,653 d. $560,748 e. $487,805

What is the equity method balance in the investment in lindman account at the end of 2018?