Mighty Safe Fire Alarm is currently buying 60,000 motherboards from MotherBoard, Inc., at a price of $65 per board. Mighty Safe is considering making its own boards. The costs to make the board are as follows: direct materials, $28 per unit; direct labor, $8 per unit; and variable factory overhead, $17 per unit. Fixed costs for the plant would increase by $76,000. Which option should be selected and why

Evan company reports net income of $232,000 each year and declares an annual cash dividend of $100,000. the company holds net assets of $2,130,000 on january 1, 2017. on that date, shalina purchases 40 percent of evan's outstanding common stock for $1,066,000, which gives it the ability to significantly influence evan. at the purchase date, the excess of shalina’s cost over its proportionate share of evan’s book value was assigned to goodwill. on december 31, 2019, what is the investment in evan company balance (equity method) in shalina’s financial records?

Summarize the specific methods used by interest groups in order to influence governmental decisions making in all three branches of government. provide at least two examples from each branch.

Experienced problem solvers always consider both the value and units of their answer to a problem. why?