Ompany A and Company B are identical in all regards except that during Year 1 Company A borrowed $28,000 at an interest rate of 10%. In contrast, Company B obtained financing by acquiring $28,000 from sale of common stock Company B agreed to pay a $2,800 cash dividend each year. Both companies are in a 30% tax bracket. Which company would show the greater retained earnings at the end of Year 1, and by what amount? A. Company A's retained earnings would be higher by $2,800
B. Company B's retained earnings would be higher by $1960,
C. Company A's retained earnings would be higher by $840.
D. Both would show the same retained earnings.

Apharmaceutical packaging company (ppc) has decided to reorganize its processes into cells. the company has four different production operations, each requiring a unique piece of equipment. the names and functions of the four pieces of equipment are sort, count, place, and package. the company packages five different families of products (a, b, c, d, and e). the tables below indicate the demand (total units/day by product family), required operations, and operation cycle times for each product family. assume that any individual piece of equipment is available to operate 16 hours/day, but 2 hours (in total) are lost each day on each piece of equipment due to breaks and meetings when operators are not available to operate the equipment. how many minutes/day are available for production