The cost of controlling emissions at a firm goes up rapidly as the amount of emissions reduced goes up. here is a possible model: c(x, y) = 7,000 + 500x2 + 50y2 where x is the reduction in sulfur emissions, y is the reduction in lead emissions (in pounds of pollutant per day), and c is the daily cost to the firm (in dollars) of this reduction. government clean-air subsidies amount to $500 per pound of sulfur and $100 per pound of lead removed. how many pounds of pollutant should the firm remove each day in order to minimize net cost (cost minus subsidy)?

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Miller mfg. is analyzing a proposed project. the company expects to sell 8,000 units, plus or minus 2 percent. the expected variable cost per unit is $11 and the expected fixed costs are $287,000. the fixed and variable cost estimates are considered accurate within a plus or minus 5 percent range. the depreciation expense is $68,000. the tax rate is 32 percent. the sales price is estimated at $64 a unit, plus or minus 3 percent. what is the earnings before interest and taxes under the base case scenario?

Nichols inc. manufactures remote controls. currently the company uses a plantminuswide rate for allocating manufacturing overhead. the plant manager is considering switchingminusover to abc costing system and has asked the accounting department to identify the primary production activities and their cost drivers which are as follows: activities cost driver allocation rate material handling number of parts $5 per part assembly labor hours $20 per hour inspection time at inspection station $10 per minute the current traditional cost method allocates overhead based on direct manufacturing labor hours using a rate of $20 per labor hour. what are the indirect manufacturing costs per remote control assuming an method is used and a batch of 10 remote controls are produced? the batch requires 100 parts, 5 direct manufacturing labor hours, and 3 minutes of inspection time.