Drew Music Corp has 2 manufacturing plants (Kansas City and Chicago) that ship products to 3 distribution centers (Blues Town, Jazz City, and Pop Village). You are going to set up a Linear Programming problem for Drew. Use descriptive variables (Not things like X1A). You do not need to solve the problem, just write out the objective function.
Transportation cost Demand
Kansas City Chicago
Blues Town 7 4 250
Jazz City 6 3 200
Pop Village 5 2 150
Unit Manufacturing Cost 10 20
Capacity 300 450
Write out the objective function. (Include Max or Min) (Variables should be 2 characters long and should imply the shipping direction.)

The following transactions occur for badger biking company during the month of june: a. provide services to customers on account for $32,000. b. receive cash of $24,000 from customers in (a) above. c. purchase bike equipment by signing a note with the bank for $17,000. d. pay utilities of $3,200 for the current month. analyze each transaction and indicate the amount of increases and decreases in the accounting equation. (decreases to account classifications should be entered as a negative.)

Bernard made a gift of $500,000 to his brother in 2014. due to bernard’s prior taxable gifts he paid $200,000 of gift tax. when bernard died in 2019, the applicable gift tax credit had increased. at bernard’s death, what amount related to the $500,000 gift to his brother is included in his gross estate?

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.