Despite the growing popularity of the company’s new lec 90, profits have been declining steadily. management is beginning to believe that there may be a problem with the company’s costing system. direct material and direct labor costs per unit are as follows: lec 40 lec 90 direct materials $ 20.00 $ 52.00 direct labor (0.60 hours and 0.80 hours @ $15.00 per hour) $ 9.00 $ 12.00

The master manufacturing company has just announced a tender offer for its own common stock. master is offering to buy up to 100% of the company's stock at $20 per share contingent on at least 64% of the outstanding shares being tendered. after the announcement of the offer, the stock closed on the nyse up 2.50 at $18.75. a customer has 100 shares of master stock in his cash account. the customer tells you that he wishes to "cash out" his position. you should recommend that the customer: