fficient Harvest: A farmer uses pivot irrigation to water a circular field of crops. Due to varying conditions, the field does not produce consistently. The farmer wants to achieve maximum profit using limited resources for harvest. The field is segmented into a number of equal segments, and a profit is calculated for each segment. This profit is the cost to harvest versus the sale price a the produce. The farmer will harvest a number of contiguous segments along with those opposite. Determine the maximum profit the farmer can achieve.

Make or buy eastside company incurs a total cost of $120,000 in producing 10,000 units of a component needed in the assembly of its major product. the component can be purchased from an outside supplier for $11 per unit. a related cost study indicates that the total cost of the component includes fixed costs equal to 50% of the variable costs involved. a. should eastside buy the component if it cannot otherwise use the released capacity? present your answer in the form of differential analysis. use negative sign represent a net disadvantage answer; otherwise do not use negative signs with your answers. cost from outside supplier $answer variable costs avoided by purchasing answer net advantage (disadvantage) to purchase alternative $answer b. what would be your answer to requirement (a) if the released capacity could be used in a project that would generate $50,000 of contribution margin? use negative sign represent a net disadvantage answer; otherwise do not use negative signs with your answers.