A manufacturing company that produces a single product has provided the following data concerning its most recent month of operations: Units in beginning inventory 0 Units produced 2,900 Units sold 2,600 Units in ending inventory 300 Variable costs per unit: Direct materials $ 49 Direct labor $ 58 Variable manufacturing overhead $ 6 Variable selling and administrative expense $ 11 Fixed costs: Fixed manufacturing overhead $ 55,100 Fixed selling and administrative expense $ 18,200 What is the absorption costing unit product cost for the month

Garrett is an executive vice president at samm hardware. he researches a proposal by a larger company, maximum hardware, to combine the two companies. by analyzing past performance, conducting focus groups, and interviewing maximum employees, garrett concludes that maximum has poor profit margins, sells shoddy merchandise, and treats customers poorly. what actions should garrett and samm hardware take? a. turn down the acquisition offer and prepare to resist a hostile takeover. b. attempt a friendly merger and use managerial hubris to improve results at maximum. c. welcome the acquisition and use knowledge transfer to impart sam hardware's management practices. d. do nothing; the two companies cannot combine without samm hardware's explicit consent.