All employees of united company are covered by a grouphospitalization insurance plan, but the employees must pay the premiums ($8,000 for each employee). none of the employees has sufficient medical expenses to deduct the premiums. instead of giving raises next year, united is considering paying the employee's hospitalization insurancepremiums. if the change is made, the employee's aftertax and insurance pay will: a. decrease by the same amount for all employees. b. increase more for the lower paid employees (10% and 15%marginal tax bracket).c. increase more for the higher income (35% marginal tax bracket) employees. d. increase by the same amount for all employees.

Arriving and delivering a load of company executives for a business meeting at a destination far from home base requiring an overnight stay, a company’s pilot requested approval from the company finance office to pay to either have the company’s jet brought into the fbo's hangar overnight to protect it from a forecast snowfall or to have it de-iced by the fbo the following morning well-before scheduled departure. the company was under considerable financial pressure at the time, and the pilot’s requests were denied because of the cost. so, early the following morning, the pilot was up on the wing of the jet sweeping off an accumulation of snow and ice with a borrowed push broom in preparation for the scheduled departure with the executives, but slipped and fell to the ground, suffering a broken neck. the business was organized as a limited partnership, owned by 3 limited partners and one general partner. as a cost-saving measure, the company had dropped its workers’ compensation insurance before the accident. analyze the potential liability for the pilot’s injuries of each of the following, showing your reasoning clearly: the company the general partner the limited partners analyze how the outcome would have been different, if the business had been organized as a corporation and observed all of the formalities to legitimize its corporate status. analyze how the outcome would have been different, if the pilot had been covered by workers’ compensation insurance.

Yael decides that she no longer enjoys her job, and she quits to open a gluten-free, dairy-free kosher bakery. she pays a monthly rent for her store of $2,000. her labor costs for one month are $4,500, and she spends $6,000 a month on nut flours, sugar, and other supplies. yael was earning $2,500 a month working as a bank teller. these are her only costs. her monthly revenue is $14,000. which of the following statements about yael’s costs and profit are correct? correct answer(s) an accountant would say she is earning a monthly profit of $1,500. her implicit costs are $2,500 a month. an economist would tell her that she is experiencing a loss. her total costs are $12,500 a month. her explicit costs include the labor, rent, and supplies for her store. her economic profit is $1,500 a month.

Imagine us is a startup that offers high definition 3d prenatal ultrasounds for high-end customers. the service process includes four activities that are conducted in the sequence described below. (the time required for each activity is shown in parentheses): activity 1: welcome a patient and explain the procedure. (20 minutes)activity 2: prep the patient (e.g., show them to the room, apply ultrasound gel). (17 minutes) (*your id number represents the amount of time needed to complete this task)activity 3: take images. (5 minutes)activity 4: discuss diagnostic with patient. (20 minutes)at each location there are employees (servers) s1, s2, and s3. the assignment of tasks to servers is the following: s1 does activities 1 and 2.s2 does activity 3.s3 does activity 4.a. what is the capacity of this process (in customers per hour)? b. suppose 3 patients arrive every hour on average. ignoring any “start of day” or “end of day” effects, what are the utilizations of all three servers (%)? c. suppose each activity can be done by any server and any server can do any set of activities. however, each activity is done by only one server. for example, a possible assignment includes: s1 does activity 1, s2 does activity 2, and s3 does activities 3 and 4. of course, the original assignment of servers to activities is also feasible. what is the maximum capacity of the process (in customers per hour)? d. now consider the capacity measures in (c) and (a), what is the percentage change? why can you improve capacity without using additional resources? (there is no free lunch, right? )note: for all hw assignments, show your process of getting the results. only providing the final answers is not acceptable and will get 0%. if necessary, use a separate sheet of paper to show your work.