Healthy foods inc. sells 50-pound bags of grapes to the military for $16 a bag. the fixed costs of this operation are $90,000, while the variable costs of grapes are $0.20 per pound. a. what is the break-even point in bags? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.) b. calculate the profit or loss (ebit) on 12,000 bags and on 34,000 bags. c. what is the degree of operating leverage at 20,000 bags and at 34,000 bags? (round your answers to 2 decimal places.) d. if healthy foods has an annual interest expense of $13,000, calculate the degree of financial leverage at both 20,000 and 34,000 bags. (round your answers to 2 decimal places.) e. what is the degree of combined leverage at both 20,000 and 34,000 bags? (round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

Consumer surplus is: the difference between the price of a product and what consumers were willing to pay for the product. the difference between the discounted price of a product and its retail price. the difference between the price paid by consumers and the price required of producers. the difference between the price of a product and consumers' valuation of the last unit of the product purchased.

Which of the following statements is correct? stockholders should generally be happier than bondholders to have managers invest in risky projects with high potential returns as opposed to safe projects with lower expected returns. potential conflicts between stockholders and bondholders are increased if a firm's bonds are convertible into its common stock. takeovers are most likely to be attempted if the target firm’s stock price is above its intrinsic value. one advantage of operating a business as a corporation is that stockholders can deduct their pro rata share of the taxes the firm pays, thereby eliminating the double taxation investors would face in a partnership.

Analyzing operational changes operating results for department b of delta company during 2016 are as follows: sales $540,000 cost of goods sold 378,000 gross profit 162,000 direct expenses 120,000 common expenses 66,000 total expenses 186,000 net loss $(24,000) suppose that department b could increase physical volume of product sold by 10% if it spent an additional $18,000 on advertising while leaving selling prices unchanged. what effect would this have on the department's net income or net loss? (ignore income tax in your calculations.) use a negative sign to indicate a net loss answer; otherwise do not use negative signs with your answers. sales $answer cost of goods sold answer gross profit answer direct expenses answer common expenses answer total expenses answer net income (loss) $answer