The Outland Company manufactures 1,000 units of a part that could be purchased from an outside supplier for $12 each. Outland's costs to manufacture each part are as follows:

Direct materials $2

Direct labor 3

Variable manufacturing overhead 4

Fixed manufacturing overhead 8

Total $17

All fixed overhead is unavoidable and is allocated based on direct labor. The facilities that are used to manufacture the part have no alternative uses.

(a) Should Outland continue to manufacture the part? show your calculations

(b) Would your answer change if Outland could lease the manufacturing facilities to another company for $5,000 per year? show your calculations

Johnson company uses the allowance method to account for uncollectible accounts receivable. bad debt expense is established as a percentage of credit sales. for 2018, net credit sales totaled $6,400,000, and the estimated bad debt percentage is 1.40%. the allowance for uncollectible accounts had a credit balance of $61,000 at the beginning of 2018 and $49,500, after adjusting entries, at the end of 2018.required: 1. what is bad debt expense for 2018 as a percent of net credit sales? 2. assume johnson makes no other adjustment of bad debt expense during 2018. determine the amount of accounts receivable written off during 2018.3. if the company uses the direct write-off method, what would bad debt expense be for 2018?