Roderick works as an architectural draftsman for an engineering firm. his monthly salary is $3,204.17. after taxes and other deductions, he takes home $2,317.56. his wife works as an electronics technician and earns $25.07 per hour. she works 37.5 hours each week and is paid every other week. based on this information, what is their gross income for six months?

Galwaysc electronics makes two products. model a requires component a and component c. model b requires component b and component c. new versions of both models are released each year with updated versions of all components. all components are sourced overseas, and abc contracts annually for a quantity of each component before seeing that year’s demand. components are only assembled into finished products once demand for each model is known. for the coming year, alwaysc’s purchasing manner has proposed ordering 500,000 units of component a, 630,000 of component b, and 1,000,000 units of component c. her boss has asked why she has recommended purchasing so much of components a and b when alwaysc will not have enough of component c to fully use all of the inventory of a and b. what factors might the purchasing manager cite to explain her recommended order? explain your reasoning.