Increasing company 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?
Select: 1
$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?
Select: 1
Cozy
Cute
Crimp
City
Assuming no brokerage fees, calculate the amount of cash needed to retire Baldwin’s 12.4S2021 bond early.
Select: 1
$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