DR1: Write an expression for the independent conduction requirement of D6 when D6 is ideal.

17.  A manufacturer of premium wire strippers has supplied the following data:       Units produced and sold   580,000 Sales revenue $ 4,176,000 Variable manufacturing expense $ 2,871,000 Fixed manufacturing expense $ 778,000 Variable selling and administrative expense $ 348,000 Fixed selling and administrative expense $ 104,000 Net operating income $ 75,000   The company’s degree of operating leverage is closest to:

13. The management of Casablanca Manufacturing Corporation believes that machine-hours is an appropriate measure of activity for overhead cost. Shown below are machine-hours and total overhead costs for the past six months:   Machine-Hours   Overhead Cost   Jan 150,000     $ 339,000 Feb 140,000     $ 328,000 Mar 160,000     $ 350,000 Apr 130,000     $ 319,500 May 170,000     $ 362,500 Jun 200,000     $ 400,000 Assume that the relevant range includes all of the activity levels mentioned in this problem. If Casablanca expects to incur 185,000 machine hours next month, what will the estimated total overhead cost be using the high-low method?

5.  Within the relevant range, a difference between variable costs and fixed costs is:  

4.  Which of the following statements is true when referring to fixed costs?  

16.  Sunnripe Corporation manufactures and sells two types of beach towels, standard and deluxe. Sunnripe expects the following operating results next year:       Standard Deluxe   Total sales $ 450,000   $ 50,000   Total variable expenses $ 360,000   $ 20,000     Sunnripe expects to have a total of $57,600 in fixed expenses next year. What is Sunnripe’s overall break-even point next year in sales dollars?  

Assume that and .  Find for the function when ,

For   : (a) Use implicit differentiation to find for   (b) Evaluate at (1,2). You do NOT need to write notation with this answer.

Which of the following processes directly contributes the energy required to pump protons across the cell membrane of a bacterial cell during cell respiration?

From the dropdowns, choose the type of horizontal gene transfer that best applies to each statement below. The only type of transfer in which bacteria physically connect with each other [v1] Involves transfer of genetic material via a virus [v2] Is used during gene cloning to introduce a plasmid to a bacteria [v3] Can involve the transfer of either an F factor or an Hfr factor through a pilus [v4] Sometimes requires a special membrane receptor to take up DNA from the environment [v5]