The management of Bonga Corporation is considering dropping product D74F. Data from the company's accounting system for this product for last year appear below: Sales $ 942,000 Variable expenses $ 415,000 Fixed manufacturing expenses $ 356,000 Fixed selling and administrative expenses $ 263,000 All fixed expenses of the company are fully allocated to products in the company's accounting system. Further investigation has revealed that $217,000 of the fixed manufacturing expenses and $128,000 of the fixed selling and administrative expenses are avoidable if product D74F is discontinued. What would be the financial advantage (disadvantage) from dropping product D74F

Atlas manufacturing produces a unique valve, and has the capacity to produce 50,000 valves annually. currently atlas produces 40,000 valves and is thinking about increasing production to 45,000 valves next year. what is the most likely behavior of total manufacturing costs and unit manufacturing costs given this change? a. total manufacturing costs will increase and unit manufacturing costs will also increase. b. total manufacturing costs will stay the same and unit manufacturing costs will stay the same. c. total manufacturing costs will increase and unit manufacturing costs will decrease. d. total manufacturing costs will increase and unit manufacturing costs will stay the same.

Arnold rossiter is a 40-year-old employee of the barrington company who will retire at age 60 and expects to live to age 75. the firm has promised a retirement income of $20,000 at the end of each year following retirement until death. the firm's pension fund is expected to earn 7 percent annually on its assets and the firm uses 7% to discount pension benefits. what is barrington's annual pension contribution to the nearest dollar for mr. rossiter? (assume certainty and end-of-year cash flows.)

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