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I have this homework problem that I’m stuck on. Any help would be GREATLY APPRECIATED!
There are 3 parts to it (a,b&c). Again any help will be helpful to me.
Thanks

Purple Cow operates a chain of drive-ins selling primarily ice cream products. The following information is taken from the records so a typical drive-in operated by the company:

Average selling price of ice cream per gallon $16.00
Number of gallons sold per month 3,000
Variable costs per gallon:
Ice cream $5.60
Supplies (cups, cones, toppings, etc.) 2.40
Total variable costs per gallon $ 8.00
Fixed costs per month:
Rent on building $ 2,200.
Utilities and upkeep 760.
Wages, including payroll taxes 4,840.
Manager’s salary, including payroll taxes but excluding any bonus 2,500.
Other fixed expenses 1,700.
Total fixed costs per month $12,000.

Based on these data, the monthly break-even sales volume is determined as follows:

$12,000 (fixed costs) = 1,500 gallons (or $24,000)
$8.00 (contribution margin per unit)

Requirements:
a. Currently, all store managers have contracts calling for a bonus of 20 cents per gallon for each gallon sold beyond the break-even point. Compute the number of gallons of ice cream that must be sold per month in order to earn a monthly operating income of $10,000 (round to the nearest gallon.)

b. To increase operating income, the company is considering the following two alternatives:
1. Reduce the selling price by an average of $2.00 per gallon. This action is expected to increase the number of gallons sold by 20%. (Under this plan, the manager would be paid a salary of $2,500 without receiving a bonus.)

2. Spend $3,000 per month on advertising without any change in selling price. This action is expected to increase the number of gallons sold by 10%. (Under this plan, the manager would be paid a salary of $2,500 without receiving a bonus.)

Which of these two alternatives would result in the higher monthly operating income? How many gallons must be sold per month under each alternative for a typical outlet to break even? Provide schedules to support all of your answers.

c. Draft a short memo to management indicating your recommendations with respect to these alternative marketing strategies.

EDIT: I reread the question and saw that the salary paid on the two new scenarios was no different from the original question, except for the deletion of the bonus. I therefore adjusted my original answer accordingly.

a. Currently, all store managers have contracts calling for a bonus of 20 cents per gallon for each gallon sold beyond the break-even point. Compute the number of gallons of ice cream that must be sold per month in order to earn a monthly operating income of $10,000 (round to the nearest gallon.)

Giving out a $0.20 per gallon bonus, once they have reached the breakeven point, lowers the contribution margin on the additional sales to $7.80 per gallon. The calculation of the additional gallons sold to achieve a $10,000 profit is:

$10,000 / $7.80 = 1,282

1,282 + 1,500 = 2,782 gallons that must be sold to achieve an operating income of $10,000

b. To increase operating income, the company is considering the following two alternatives:

1. Reduce the selling price by an average of $2.00 per gallon. This action is expected to increase the number of gallons sold by 20%. (Under this plan, the manager would be paid a salary of $2,500 without receiving a bonus.)

The thing that makes this problem hard is the fact that they don’t tell you what original sales volume number to use to base the calculations on. So I had to make a guess here, and used the 2,782 gallons they need to sell to earn the $10,000 of operating income.

Under this scenario the contribution margin goes down to $6.00 per gallon sold.

While Fixed costs stay the same at $12,000.

Assuming that the starting number of gallons sold was the 2,782 calculated in the first part, the new number of gallons sold would be 2,782 X 1.20 = 3,338 gallons per month.

Net Profit under this scenario would be:

(3,338 X 6.00) - $12,000 = $8,028

This is a reduction of $1,972 from the $10,000 they earned on the original plan.

2. Spend $3,000 per month on advertising without any change in selling price. This action is expected to increase the number of gallons sold by 10%. (Under this plan, the manager would be paid a salary of $2,500 without receiving a bonus.)

Under this scenario the contribution margin stays the same at $8.00 per gallon sold.

Fixed costs, though, increase to $15,000. ($12,000 + $3,000)

Assuming that the starting number of gallons sold was the 2,782 calculated in the first part, the new number of gallons sold would be 2,782 X 1.10 = 3,060 gallons per month.

Net Profit under this scenario would be:

(3,060 X 8.00) - $15,000 = $9,480

This is a reduction of $520 from the $10,000 they earned on the original plan, but a $1,452 improvement from the other option they are considering

c. Draft a short memo to management indicating your recommendations with respect to these alternative marketing strategies.

You’ll have to write this yourself, but while neither scenario looks good; the second one looks less bad than the first. If it were me, I would recommend that they enact neither of the two choices as both result in a lower profit margin than they already earn

I would also be curious to the total bill for this military action since the beginning?

http://www.costofwar.com/

Those are the direct costs but many estimate the true amount to be 3-4 times that amount due to future costs for the VA, replacement of national guard/reserve equipment, and other future expenses..

Fixed costs per month=Expense

RENT £600
WAGES £400
ELECTICITY £55
INSURANCE £60
LOAN INTEREST £40
MARKETING £45

Total cost:£1200

Question 1: Explain how each of the following methods below can help mia to manage her cash flow.

REDUCE HER DRAWINGS

HIRE RATHER THAN BUY HER PREMISE

HIRE RATHER THAN BUY ALL HER FURNITURE

EMPLOY AN ASISTANT ONLY DURING THE BUSY MONTHS

NOT TAKE OUT A LOAN

SPEND LESS ON MARKETING

PAY FOR LESS HER PURCHASES ONE MONTH AFTER SHE HAS RECEIVED THEM

ARRANGE AN OVERDRAFT FROM BANK

Question 2
For the months when mia closing balance is negative you must suggest at least two different ways in which mia can manage her cash flow.You must explain the advantages and disadvantages of each method and then make a judgement on what course of action you think is the best to manage mia’s cash flow effectively.

just go on betdaq or betbull , and be a taxfree bookie

thats where the money is , no tax , no electric , no wages , BIG BIG MONEY JUST GETTING THROWN AT YOU ALL DAY EVERY DAY

http://www.betdaq.com/UI/?h=1

http://www.betbull.com/UI/Default.aspx

IM ON 3 GRAND A WEEK FOR SITTIN ON MY ASS AT HOME GETTIN HIGH, LISTENING TO MUSIC

IM JUST A SMALL FISH

THE CLEVER ONES ARE ON 15 GRAND A DAY

As far as you people that believe the war is based on oil and President Bush and friends getting rich off the oil, how can this fiscally happen? Bush and Co are AMERICAN oil producers. To make a profit, they must sell AMERICAN oil, and reduce the incoming foreign oil. So if Bush and Co bring in FOREIGN oil, that lowers the cost per barrel of AMERICAN oil, therefore cutting the AMERICAN oil producers’ profits. Please explain your beliefs that he will profit from this action.
WMDs and Michael Moore?
Iraq’s arsenal of weapons of mass destruction was not captured by US forces who heroically brought down Saddam Hussein’s regime three years ago this week. It vanished before they arrived.
Israeli intelligence reported before the US-led invasion that starting in late summer 2002 Saddam’s WMD arsenal was shipped by truck convoy to Syria. Recently, documents seized from Iraq after the fall of the regime were released to the public. Those documents revealed that under the direct command of former Russian prime minister and KGB boss Yevgeny Primakov, Russian Spetnaz forces oversaw the transfer of Iraq’s WMD to Syria ahead of the US-led invasion. These reports have been corroborated by Saddam’s Air Vice Marshall General Georges Sada.

So rather than being destroyed or secured, Saddam’s WMD arsenal was simply moved from one rogue regime with intimate ties to terror organizations to another rogue regime with intimate ties to terror organizations.
Of course, American Media will NOT report this, it will prove Bush right, and then they would look stupid.
Michael Moore, thanks:
Friday, 23 June 2006
When News Lies
WHEN NEWS LIES
Media Complicity and The Iraq War
By Danny Schechter, The News Dissector
A new book from Danny Schechter offers an up to date indictment of the role media played in promoting and misreporting the war on Iraq. It is an analysis of how and why the media got it wrong that pinpoints the failures of journalism and the collusion of media companies with the Bush Administration. The author of EMBEDDED: Weapons of Mass Deception (Prometheus 2003), an account of the TV coverage of the US invasion, returns with a more comprehensive, updated and insider look at the media complicity that Schechter argues "made the war possible."
"Most of the anti-war movement focused on the crimes of the Bush Administration ignoring the mainstream media, its far more effective accomplice,"
says former network producer Danny Schechter (ABC, CNN). "The government orchestrated the war while the media marketed it. You couldn’t have one without the other."

WHEN NEWS LIES includes the feature -length DVD of the prize-winning film WMD (Weapons of Mass Deception). The book will also include the complete script as well as a discussion of the challenges of exposing media with media with a documentary. It chronicles the media war fought alongside the military campaign and the struggle to stand up for truth.

Source(s):

Google it:

Saddam, WMD, Spetsnaz

http://www.wmdthefilm.com/mambo/index.ph…
And the UN vote against the invasion of Iraq was a NO from Germany, Russia, Chian and France. When our troops entered Iraq and captured NEW equipment, where do you think it was bought from??? Germany, France, China and Russia. Conflict of Interest??? A UN Embargo that did not work.
Oh, and who has made the most money from this war??? Michael moore..and he owns stock in Halliburton also.

You are not going to get an answer out of the people who say that. They can’t explain the things they say, they just know how to say it.

On the flip side, one can make the argument that the reason some countries in the U.N. did not vote to invade Iraq was due to oil. Places like France and Russia have/had oil contracts with Iraq, and if they sanctioned an invasion, it would cost them their contracts.

The simple fact is, the simple minded liberals who make the war for oil claims can’t see past the slogans their hero leaders like michael moore spew out of their mouths.

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melvin, that is not a documentary. That title was removed because it was proven to be full of half truths, and things taken out of context to reach a particular point. Don’t be so naive.

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beren, I suggest you look at this question, and see if the timeline of statements adds up.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AhuC2gSDmgjaTBRASaVYtdXsy6IX?qid=20060626222808AAHcTMM

LOS ANGELES (CN) - A federal class action claims that public school students in Los Angeles are denied the basic education guaranteed by the California Constitution as the district plans to lay off thousands of teachers. Due to California’s budget fiasco, the state expects to send out 14,000 reduction-in-force notices to teachers this spring — nearly 5 percent of the teaching force — despite its rank as 46th in the nation in per-pupil spending.
Students at Samuel Gompers, John H. Liechty, and Edwin Markham Middle Schools, in the city’s poorest areas, with the highest concentration of minorities, were hit the hardest, according to the Superior Court complaint. Already "denied the basic educational opportunity guaranteed them by the California Constitution," according the complaint.
Those schools expect to lose or already have lost 50 to 70 percent or more of their teachers.
Schools in wealthier areas face far fewer layoffs.
And the layoffs affect teachers who were prepared and committed to serve the poor, minority, urban students, the class claims. Such schools have a higher percentage of non-English speakers, less access to materials, and more students with learning disabilities than schools in wealthier districts.
The class of students and parents say their schools had "successfully recruited a critical mass of teachers committed to staying at the schools and becoming a foundation for an experienced, effective teaching corps." But that has been demolished, the class claims.
The class adds that because their schools had the highest concentration of young teachers, they were disproportionately affected by the reduction in force, which dismissed teachers with less experience first.
Since layoffs began, the plaintiff students have been taught by a string of substitutes. Some students have had as many as 9 substitutes so far this school year, several of whom do not have credentials in the areas they teach - or no credentials at all, the complaint states.
(Schools traditionally rotate such "permanent substitutes," as they must pay them more per day after a certain period, so disrupting students’ learning saves the state money.)
Many teachers who are assigned to the poor urban schools from the state’s "Rehire List" quit after a few days or weeks because they are unable to keep control of classrooms, or they don’t want to work in the poor areas, the class claims.
"Effective instruction is not merely a matter of whether a teacher is able to teach the course content; it is also a matter of whether the teacher is able to teach that content to the students who attend that school," the complaint states.
In the past 5 years, Gompers Middle School, in Watts in South Central Los Angeles, has had fewer than 15 percent of its students perform at or above proficient levels on state achievement testing, the complaint states. Markham Middle School, also in Watts, had only 13 percent of its students score as proficient.
California expects to send out 14,000 reduction-in-force notices by this spring, said Ramon Cortines, Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent. California has about 307,000 public schoolteachers.
Receiving a RIF notice does not guarantee that a teacher will be laid off; many schools do not complete the hiring process until late August. But receiving a RIF notice makes teachers fear for their job and seek a new one. They become demoralized, distracted and can’t focus on teaching, which exacerbates an already devastating situation, the class claims.
The class sued California and the Los Angeles Unified School District, alleging violations of equal protection under the Constitution. They seek an injunction, costs and fees.
Their lead attorney is Mark Rosenbaum with the American Civil Liberties Union.

http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/02/25/25047.htm

there are talks—on KFI640am radio—John and Ken 2-7pm…m-f that tend to lean toward chartering a majority of the schools as to bypass having the expense of supportive services like ESL and other expenses…when schools reopen under a business—-they can market and directly accept enrollment from more desired students…….they did this in Huntington Beach—-and it placed illegal children into a more monitorable environment….

this is the link to the triangles: http://s244.photobucket.com/albums/gg9/waterisima/?action=view&current=n1058035859_403954_7468708.jpg

there is also another question:
You start a business manufacturing golf balls, spending $42,00 for supplies and equipment. You figure it will cost $12 per dozen to manufacture golf balls. How many dozens of golf balls must you produce before your average total cost per dozen is $15?

THANK YOU
Idk but can someone help me?

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ao7o93HW3y7Ssyl74efmRfbsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20090519142033AA6cI0t

1.Which level indicates the point of maximum economic efficiency?
a.Lowest point on AC curve
b.Lowest point on AVC curve
c.Lowest point on MC curve
d.None of the above

2.When MR = MC
a.Marginal profit is maximized
b.Total profit is maximized
c.Marginal profit is positive
d.Total profit is zero

3.Which of the following is true for a monopoly?
a.P = MC
b.P = MR
c.P > MR
d.P < MR

4.A monopoly will usually produce
a.where its demand curve is inelastic
b.where its demand curve is elastic
c.where its demand curve is either elastic or inelastic
d.only when its demand curve is perfectly inelastic

5.If a perfectly competitive firm incurs an economic loss, it should
a.shut down immediately
b.try to raise its price
c.shut down in the long run
d.shut down if this loss exceeds fixed costs

6.If the unit price is $7, the variable cost per unit is $4, and the fixed cost per period is $60,000, the quantity at which the company will break even will be
a.10,000
b.15,000
c.20,000
d.25,000

7.At the point at which P = MC, suppose that a perfectly competitive firm’s MC = $100, its AVC = $80 and its AC = $110. This firm should
a.shut down immediately.
b.continue operating in the short run.
c.try to take advantage of economies of scale.
d.try to increase its advertising and promotion.

8.A firm that seeks to maximize its revenue is most likely to adhere to which of the following?
a.MR = MC
b.MR = 0
c.MR = P
d.MR < MC

9.Economies of scale is indicated by
a.declining long run AVC
b.declining long run AFC
c.declining long run AC
d.None of the above

10.Mutual interdependence means that
a.all firms are price takers
b.each firm sets its own price based on its anticipated reaction by its competitors
c.all firms collaborate to establish one price
d.all firms are free to enter or leave the market

11.In the long run, the most helpful action that a monopolistically competitive firm can take to maintain its economic profit is to
a.continue its efforts to differentiate its product
b.raise its price
c.lower its price
d.do nothing, because it will inevitably experience a decline in profits

12.When a firm has the power to establish its price,
a.P = MR
b.P = MC
c.P > MR
d.P < MR

13.Which of the following characteristics is most important in differentiating between perfect competition and all other types of markets?
a.Whether or not the product is standardized
b.Whether or not there is complete market information about price
c.Whether or not firms are price takers
d. Whether or not the firms are interdependent

14.Oligopoly may be associated with all of the following except
a.many firms
b.a standardized product
c.advertising
d.price followers

15.In which of these markets would the firms be facing the least elastic demand?
a.Perfect competition
b.Pure monopoly
c.Monopolistic competition
d.Oligopoly

16.The result for the seller of being able to practice price discrimination will be
a.higher profits
b.lower demand elasticity
c.lower quantity sold
d.cost minimization

17.Firms that make game systems like Play Station and Nintendo typically charge a price close to average cost on the game system itself, and do not change that price even when the systems are scarce or demand increases. Why might this be a profit-maximizing strategy?

1. a. Lowest point on AC curve

2. b. Total profit is maximized

3. c. P > MR

4. b. where its demand curve is elastic

5. d. shut down if this loss exceeds fixed costs

6. c. 20,000

7. b. continue operating in the short run

8. b. MR = 0

9. c. declining long run AC

10. b. each firm sets its own price based on its anticipated reaction by its competitors

11. d. do nothing, because it will inevitably experience a decline in profits

12. c. P > MR

13. c. Whether or not firms are price takers

14. a. many firms

15. b. Pure monopoly

16. a. higher profits

17. Because they make a lot of profit on the games, which are needed in order to use the console.

Admission infor reqd for California State University: FullertonFullerton, California College Board code: 4589

Indian Student Inquiry for Admission for undergrade Business Administration course California State •

The total course fee per year and for four years for International Student
• Info on Admissions Application Deadlines
• Info on Financial Aid Application Deadlines
•Info on Scholarship per year and deadline
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•Scope for On Campus jobs for Freshmen
•Do you have Early Decision or Early Action options?
•Info on Regular Decision deadlines
•I need telephone numbers/emails /Contact Person/Website Add
•I need a map of where the campus is
•I need information about studying here/want to order a prospectus
1.The total cost per year for International Undergraduates.
2.What does this cost include (Tuition, Room & Lodging, Transport, etc.)?
3.Room and lodging costs per year. The cost mentioned on the site: Fall 2008 ) says that it is $5,608 for Room only

Online Degree- http://degreeus.info/

i am interested in buying a used rife and it is advertised as being a "7.7mm japanese bolt action rife". i am relatively new to shooting, only own a single rife at the moment. but 7.7mm seems like a very odd caliber ammo. it this something that actual exists? and if so, what would it cost per.. lets say 20 rounds?

thanks, any other feed back/ opinions about this are welcomed.

Dont know about 7.7 mm.
I use a enfield rifle at .303 cal.
At 20 rnds per day it would be about $15.00 if I bought.
Cheaper coz I reload.

First off this question is a 1 sideded one will be up front about it. Those that can answer it are alternative operation system users. That would not touch Microsoft with a pole oh and I am not a pirate (more below) anyway. Disclaimer: Some are not facts but based solely on my opinions and views.

1. Why can’t a class action lawsuit be created (by those that can can afford to) for per hard drive sale? That is since all hard drives are being taxed for microsoft operating systems. Also per a purchase of computer equipment, software, since most of it is only for Windows only?

2. How can Microsoft be suing pirates if it forced the market to install Microsoft Operating systems? That is those that would not be able to afford the operating system. Would still require windows. For one linux allows only cost for hardware if one wants to. Since they locked out illegally, through monopoly, bad practices alternatives (web is the witness). It would be best for them to minimize pirate lawsuites.
It is not possible to do anything about it. Microsoft made it so, even if I were to have the resources. It would not be possible because all vendors would not support the platform. It is Microsoft or it is nothing so to speak. Trying to get some major vensors to support linux is a misery. Again, Monopoly is the keyword.
correction: some major vendors.
correction: It is not easy to get an alternative operating system preinstalled.
Try going into Staples for instance to buy software. One will be taken literally for a freak. Microsoft created this. Before anyone says because they are the best that is why. Do some online reading.
as for me: I built this computer from scratch with my own hands. With even that "I was forced" to make sure the hardware will run without Microsoft. Why "windows"what about optimized for another OS? Was not lucky with before purchases though on prebuilt. For one the Compaq’s, Toshiba’s were all Microsoft one way or the other! Microsoft is trying to force themselves down other throat. It is easy to say to buy something else. But all the things on top.
You may not agree with my view, or take it as a face value or think that I may not know what I am talking about. Alright, I will take it like a man. However I still stick with my opinions and it is not easy to say just "no thanks". Sure one can go download say Linux or "insert your favorite OS here" off the Internet. But try running it on unsupported hardware either that is a win modem or any other defect caused by dependency on Microsoft. One must go to the store make sure the modem does all its processing on the card. Microsoft does not just have a little edge it has a very big edge. To be able to dictate the whole computer industry. Most equipment vendors and software writers have their shorts wet over what Microsoft will do next.
Take yahoo for example try viewing launchcast. (Which BTW I have the paid premium version). On an alternative operating system. yahoo news: OK, one can slip through the video player for the news that is not launchcast but yahoo news. That is install codex and alternative player and whola it works! launchcast: Now try running on firefox, perhaps it may work on the windows version. Try running it on Linux version without "activex". Now their are many more websites my example here was for relevance. So not only offline software or hardware but also websites marvelous that have issues as a direct result of prejudice! If Microsoft was not using activex the whole web would not. See? and everything would have worked on mostly anything. That is your "lock in".
I do not know most of the answers here do not sound right to pick. I will wait longer and see because the posters here I think are ill informed. Microsoft is a tyranny and a monopoly. Web holds the key to past and present issues surrounding computing and Microsoft’s behavior. EU which is a United government is doing correctly and I applaud the efforts. The rest of the industry will still be stuck in a stone age or go against the odds. Microsoft is pushing itself now into new markets. As such new future proposed partnerships between yahoo and Norton suggest to protect themselves from this ever increasing power hungry beast Microsoft. Microsoft feels threatened of its dictatorship and is trying to mass replicate itself (also forcing itself in the process onto everyone) such as a virus would. In other words Computing is not far enough as Microsoft will go. With the aggressive push to be everywhere and the blind majority public one can only hope this beast can be contained.

Microsoft IS a TOTAL monopoly. And when I become the CEO of Apple Computer, Inc., Microsoft better watch out!