Finch Company began its operations on March 31 of the current year. Finch has the following projected costs:

April May June
Manufacturing costs* $157,400 $193,400 $200,500
Insurance expense** 1,180 1,180 1,180
Depreciation expense 2,140 2,140 2,140
Property tax expense*** 450 450 450
*Of the manufacturing costs, three-fourths are paid for in the month they are incurred; one-fourth is paid in the following month.
**Insurance expense is $1,180 a month; however, the insurance is paid four times yearly in the first month of the quarter, (i. e., January, April, July, and October).
***Property tax is paid once a year in November.

The cash payments expected for Finch Company in the month of May are

a.$223,750

b.$184,400

c.$145,050

d.$39,350

At a student café, there are equal numbers of two types of customers with the following values. the café owner cannot distinguish between the two types of students because many students without early classes arrive early anyway (i.e., she cannot price-discriminate). students with early classes students without early classes coffee 70 60 banana 51 101 the marginal cost of coffee is 10 and the marginal cost of a banana is 40. the café owner is considering three pricing strategies: 1. mixed bundling: price bundle of coffee and a banana for 161, or just a coffee for 70. 2. price separately: offer coffee at 60, price a banana at 101. 3. bundle only: coffee and a banana for 121. do not offer goods separately. assume that if the price of an item or bundle is no more than exactly equal to a student's willingness to pay, then the student will purchase the item or bundle. for simplicity, assume there is just one student with an early class, and one student without an early class. price strategy revenue from pricing strategy cost from pricing strategy profit from pricing strategy 1. mixed bundling $ $ $ 2. price separately $ $ $ 3. bundle only $ $ $ pricing strategy yields the highest profit for the café owner.