Wood Manufacturing is a small textile manufacturer using machineminushours as the single, plantminuswide predetermined cost driver rate to allocate manufacturing overhead costs to the various jobs contracted during the year. The following estimates are provided for the coming year for the company and for the Winfield High School band jacket job: Company Winfield High School Job Direct materials $40,000 $1,000 Direct labor $10,000 $ 200 Manufacturing overhead costs $30,000 Machineminushours 100,000 900 For Wood Manufacturing, what is the annual manufacturing overhead cost driver rate? A. $0.30 per machine hour B. $0.80 per machine hour C. $33.33 per machine hour D. $0.50 per machine hour

Garrett is an executive vice president at samm hardware. he researches a proposal by a larger company, maximum hardware, to combine the two companies. by analyzing past performance, conducting focus groups, and interviewing maximum employees, garrett concludes that maximum has poor profit margins, sells shoddy merchandise, and treats customers poorly. what actions should garrett and samm hardware take? a. turn down the acquisition offer and prepare to resist a hostile takeover. b. attempt a friendly merger and use managerial hubris to improve results at maximum. c. welcome the acquisition and use knowledge transfer to impart sam hardware's management practices. d. do nothing; the two companies cannot combine without samm hardware's explicit consent.