Bella bakes delicious cookies. Her total fixed cost is $48 a day, and her average variable cost is $1.20 a bag. Few people know about Bella's Cookies, and she is maximizing her profit by selling 12 bags a day for $5.50 a bag. Bella thinks that if she spends $60 a day on advertising, she can increase her market share and sell 30 bags a day for $5.50 a bag. If Bella advertises, will her average total cost increase or decrease at the quantity produced?

Suppose a person has a total credit card debt of $600 that has a 18% yearly interest rate. This person also has a savings account with $1,500 that pays 3% interest per year. Despite the net loss, the person keeps both. Calculate how many times the person appreciates the $1 of savings more than $1 of credit card debt if the person relates similarly to both values of percent paid and received. Enter your answer in the box below and round to two decimal places if necessary.

A company uses 5000 items per annum which has a price of $2 each. The ordering costs are $150 per order and holding costs are $1.50 per item per annum. The company is offered a 5% discount (discounted price is $1.90) for orders of 5000 and over. Order cost and holding cost remain at $150 per order and $1.50 respectively. Assuming that the company orders 5000 items per order, calculate the number of orders per annum, average stock, annual stock holding cost, annual order cost, annual inventory cost and the total annual cost of items and inventory.

Sara is a 57-year-old graphic designer who wants to retire 5 years from now. She earns $54,000/year and does not expect any raises if she stays in her job. Her daughter has told her about a new job opportunity that would offer a much higher salary, but to become eligible Sara would need to quit her job and spend a year taking classes. If she did that, next year she would earn $0 and pay $42,000 in tuition, and then she would earn $81,000/year for the final 4 years of her career. Sara likes the duties of the two jobs equally well, so this is strictly a financial issue for her. The interest rate is r. Question: How will she decide? Write down the calculation she will make. Would she be more likely to change jobs if the interest rate were higher or lower?

Blinko estimates its average total cost be about $3 per hamburger when it sells 80 hamburgers a day. It estimates that it can sell a maximum of 100 hamburgers a day. It would like to earn a 10% return a day on its $200 in total investment in hamburger sales each day (counting pro-rated overhead costs) at the average sales level of 80 hamburgers a day. If Blinko uses cost-plus pricing what price should it set? Can it be sure of selling 100 hamburgers a day at this price? Assuming that Blinko wants to maximize its returns on hamburger sales, what are the arguments for and against using cost-plus pricing to do this?

A certain magical substance that is used to make solid magical spheres costs $500 per cubic foot. The power of a magical sphere depends on its surface area, and a magical sphere can be sold for $50per square foot of surface area. If you are manufacturing such a sphere, what size should you make them to maximize your profit per sphere?

Dejah earned $100,000 last year at her startup and wants to prepare for potential lean times. She plans to take a 20%20% salary decrease next year and will then take a 20%20% increase in the second year. One of her friends says, "That's not bad, Dejah. You will be back to your original salary in two years." Help Dejah explain to her friend that she will not be making her original salary in two years

Blue Lake Marina sells a make of cruiser for $16,800. This regular selling price covers overhead of 15% of cost and a normal net profit of 10% of cost. The cruisers were marked with a price that allowed the marina to offer a 20% discount while still maintaining its regular gross profit. At the end of the boating season, the cruiser was marked down. The marina made an operating profit of $2,500 per cruiser at the new regular selling price. What was the rate of markdown? need sooon please I will upvote

Tabitha manufactures a product that sells very well. The capacity of her facility is 207,000 units per year. The fixed costs are $157,000 per year and the variable costs are $14 per unit. The product currently sells for $16. a. What total revenue is required for a net income of $482,000 per year? Round to the nearest cent b. If sales were at 55% of the capacity and the variable costs decreased by 25%, what would be the net income per year? Round to the nearest cent