The baldwin company will increase its automation

The Chester company will increase its automation for the Cute product by 2.0. Assuming no further change in capacity, how much will this investment in automation cost?

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$7,700,000

$17,600,000

$8,800,000

$15,400,000

Chester has negotiated a new labor contract for the next round that will affect the cost for their product City. Labor costs will go from $7.91 to $8.41 per unit. Assume all period and other variable costs as reported on Chester Income Statement remain the same If Chester were to pass on half the new labor costs to their customers, how many units of product City would need to be sold next round to break even on the product?

528

1800

518

540

Of Chester Corporation’s products, which earned the lowest Net Margin as a percentage of its sales?

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Cozy

Cute

Crimp

City

Assuming no brokerage fees, calculate the amount of cash needed to retire Baldwin's 12.4S2021 bond early.

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$5,756,951

$5,517,462

$6,231,321

How much would it cost for Chester Corporation to repurchase all its outstanding shares if new brokerage fees totaled 1% of the underlying transaction?

$198.3 million

$194.3 million

$89.4 million

$91.2 million

The Digby company will continue to train their existing workforce at their current level to help reduce turnover and improve productivity next year. Employee training costs have increased to $30 per hour. How much would their training costs per employee be to the nearest dollar?

1200

2382

400

1182

Suppose you were hired as a consultant for a company that wants to penetrate the Comp-XM market. This company wants to pursue a broad cost leader strategy. From last year’s reports, which company presents the would be the strongest competitor?

Digby

Baldwin

Andrews

Chester