The School's maintenance department has 4 painters. If one painter goes to an office to do the painting, it takes her 5 minutes to get set up to paint, followed by 10 minutes to paint each wall (45 minutes total to paint all 4 walls). Due to the disruption caused by a painter, each office must be vacated for the full time it is being painted (but no other office need be vacated). If all 4 employees go, then it takes each employee the same 5 minute setup but the 4 walls then take only another 10 minutes to be painted simultaneously (the office must be vacated for only 15 minutes). The School has two objectives: it wants to vacate each person's office for the shortest time possible, but it must get at least 4 offices painted per hour on average. What should the batch size be for the walls in an office?

Alpine west, inc., operates a downhill ski area near lake tahoe, california. an all-day, adult ticket can be purchased for $55. adult customers also can purchase a season pass that entitles the pass holder to ski any day during the season, which typically runs from december 1 through april 30. the season pass is nontransferable, and the $450 price is nonrefundable. alpine expects its season pass holders to use their passes equally throughout the season. the company’s fiscal year ends on december 31. on november 6, 2009, jake lawson purchased a season ticket. required: 1. when should alpine west recognize revenue from the sale of its season passes? 2. prepare the appropriate journal entries that alpine would record on november 6 and december 31. 3. what will be included in the 2009 income statement and 2009 balance sheet related to the sale of the season pass to jake lawson?