Dilly Farm Supply is located in a small town in the rural west. Data regarding the store's operations follow:Sales are budgeted at $303,000 for November, $323,000 for December, and $223,000 for January. Collections are expected to be 70% in the month of sale and 30% in the month following the sale. The cost of goods sold is 75% of sales. The company desires to have an ending merchandise inventory at the end of each month equal to 80% of the next month's cost of goods sold. Payment for merchandise is made in the month following the purchase. Other monthly expenses to be paid in cash are $22,400.Monthly depreciation is $27,500.Ignore taxes. Balance SheetOctober 31Assets Cash $ 33,000Accounts receivable 83,500Merchandise inventory 181,800Property, plant and equipment, net of $624,000 accumulated depreciation 918,000Total assets $ 1,216,300Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity Accounts payable $ 252,000Common stock 753,000Retained earnings 211,300Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 1,216,300The cost of December merchandise purchases would be: .

Blue computers, a major pc manufacturer in the united states, currently has plants in kentucky and pennsylvania. the kentucky plant has a capacity of 1 million units a year and the pennsylvania plant has a capacity of 1.5 million units a year. the firm divides the united states into five markets: northeast, southeast, midwest, south, and west. each pc sells for $1,000. the firm anticipates a 50 perc~nt growth in demand (in each region) this year (after which demand will stabilize) and wants to build a plant with a capacity of 1.5 million units per year to accommodate the growth. potential sites being considered are in north carolina and california. currently the firm pays federal, state, and local taxes on the income from each plant. federal taxes are 20 percent of income, and all state and local taxes are 7 percent of income in each state. north carolina has offered to reduce taxes for the next 10 years from 7 percent to 2 percent. blue computers would like to take the tax break into consideration when planning its network. consider income over the next 10 years in your analysis. assume that all costs remain unchanged over the 10 years. use a discount factor of 0.1 for your analysis. annual fixed costs, production and shipping costs per unit, and current regional demand (before the 50 percent growth) are shown in table 5-13. (a) if blue computers sets an objective of minimizing total fixed and variable costs, where should they build the new plant? how should the network be structured? (b) if blue computers sets an objective of maximizing after-tax profits, where should they build the new plant? how should the network be structured? variable production and shipping cost ($/unit) annual fixed cost northeast southeast midwest south west (million$) kentucky 185 180 175 175 200 150 pennsylvania 170 190 180 200 220 200 n. carolina 180 180 185 185 215 150 california 220 220 195 195 175 150 demand ('000 units/month) 700 400 400 300 600