Bramble Corp. is planning to sell 200 buckets and produce 880 buckets during March. Each bucket requires 100 grams of plastic and one-half hour of direct labor. Plastic costs $ 10 per 100 grams and employees of the company are paid $ 18 per hour. Manufacturing overhead is applied at a rate of 110% of direct labor costs. Bramble has 1000 kilos of plastic in beginning inventory and wants to have 1000 kilos in ending inventory. How much is the total amount of budgeted direct labor for March

Consider a treasury bill with a rate of return of 5% and the following risky securities: security a: e(r) = .15; variance = .0400 security b: e(r) = .10; variance = .0225 security c: e(r) = .12; variance = .1000 security d: e(r) = .13; variance = .0625 the investor must develop a complete portfolio by combining the risk-free asset with one of the securities mentioned above. the security the investor should choose as part of her complete portfolio to achieve the best cal would be a. security a b. security b c. security c d. security d