ABC, Inc. produces three products. Data concerning the selling prices and unit costs of the three products appear below: Product A Product B Product C Selling price $80 $60 $90 Variable costs 30 35 54 Fixed costs 25 10 22 Molding machine time (minutes) 10 5 7 Fixed costs are applied to the products on the basis of direct labor hours. The company estimates that it can sell 300 units of each product per week. The molding machine is the constraint, with only 3,500 minutes available this week. (1). Given the machine time constraint, which product should be emphasized

The east asiatic company (eac), a danish company with subsidiaries throughout asia, has been funding its bangkok subsidiary primarily with u.s. dollar debt because of the cost and availability of dollar capital as opposed to thai baht-denominated (b) debt. the treasurer of eac-thailand is considering a 1-year bank loan for $247,000.the current spot rate is b32.03 /$, and the dollar-based interest is 6.78% for the 1-year period. 1-year loans are 12.04% in baht.a. assuming expected inflation rates of 4.3 % and 1.24% in thailand and the united states, respectively, for the coming year, according to purchase power parity, what would the effective cost of funds be in thai baht terms? b. if eac's foreign exchange advisers believe strongly that the thai government wants to push the value of the baht down against the dollar by5% over the coming year (to promote its export competitiveness in dollar markets), what might the effective cost of funds end up being in baht terms? c. if eac could borrow thai baht at 13% per annum, would this be cheaper than either part (a) or part (b) above?