You are trying to figure out the most cost effective way to paint scooters that you make. You can lease an automated machine for $2,600 per month that will paint 4,000 scooters per month. You can also hire six painters at $23 per hour who can also paint
4,000 scooters per month if they work 160 hours per month. Which is more cost effective?
a) The painters
b) The machine
c) Can't tell

The cook corporation has two divisions--east and west. the divisions have the following revenues and expenses: east west sales $ 603,000 $ 506,000 variable costs 231,000 300,000 traceable fixed costs 151,500 192,000 allocated common corporate costs 128,600 156,000 net operating income (loss) $ 91,900 $ (142,000 ) the management of cook is considering the elimination of the west division. if the west division were eliminated, its traceable fixed costs could be avoided. total common corporate costs would be unaffected by this decision. given these data, the elimination of the west division would result in an overall company net operating income (loss)