Spencer tools would like to offer a special product to its best customers. however, the firm wants to limit its maximum potential loss on this product to the firm's initial investment in the project. the fixed costs are estimated at $32,000, the depreciation expense is $9,700, and the contribution margin per unit is $9.85. what is the minimum number of units the firm should pre-sell to ensure its potential loss does not exceed the desired level?

Schonhardt corporation's relevant range of activity is 2,500 units to 5,500 units. when it produces and sells 4,000 units, its average costs per unit are as follows: averagecost per unitdirect materials $ 7.60direct labor $ 2.90variable manufacturing overhead $ 1.65fixed manufacturing overhead $ 2.90fixed selling expense $ 0.95fixed administrative expense $ 0.65sales commissions $ 0.75variable administrative expense $ 0.65if 4,500 units are produced, the total amount of fixed manufacturing cost incurred is closest to: multiple choicea $16,800b $11,400c $11,600d $15,400

Table 1. shows the expected demand for the dvd at different suggested donation levels, and they can act as a single-price monopolist if they choose to. thereceipts will be used to fund gstcg supplies for their data collection and conservation work. at the end of each sea turtle nesting season, any excess funds are donated by the gstcg to a local non-profit sea turtle research and rehabilitation facility. table 1 suggested anticipated total marginal profit donation per number of dvd revenue revenue dvd request requests $19.00 0 $15.00 2 $9.50 4 $7.75 10 $3.00 15 $0.00 20 a. complete table 1 by computing the total revenue, marginal revenue, and profit columns. b. the president wants the gstcg to provide videos to generate the most possible donations (total revenue). what price, if any, is the president of the gstcg favoring and how many people will receive the dvd if this becomes the price of the suggested donation? explain your answer. c. the education outreach committee wants the gstcg to provide videos to the highest possible number of people. what price, if any, is the educational outreach committee favoring and how many people will receive the dvd if this becomes the price of the suggested donation? explain your answer. d. the treasurer of the gstcg wants the dvd program to be as efficient as possible so that the marginal revenue equals marginal cost. what price, if any, is the treasurer favoring and how many people will receive the dvd if this becomes the price of the suggested donation? explain your answer. e. the fundraising committee wants the dvd program to generate as much profit in donations as possible. what price, if any, is the fundraising committee favoring and how many people will receive the dvd if this becomes the price of the suggested donation? explain your answer.

Brandt enterprises is considering a new project that has a cost of $1,000,000, and the cfo set up the following simple decision tree to show its three most likely scenarios. the firm could arrange with its work force and suppliers to cease operations at the end of year 1 should it choose to do so, but to obtain this abandonment option, it would have to make a payment to those parties. how much is the option to abandon worth to the firm?