Answers:
It won't be advisable to transform this executive agencies to independent agencies, because it will reduce the power of the president, and therefore reducing the ability of the president to carry on it's agenda.
ADVANTAGE OF THE TRANSFORMATION:
1) Their will discharge their duties without any political influence.
2) The president will not longer have strong influence on their decision.
3) Each head of the agency will have a specific time and duration for it plans to be achieved before the end of it's tenure.
DISADVANTAGE OF THE TRANSACTION:
1) It will develop fight for power and control in the decisions of the agency, between the president and the head of the agency.
2) it will take away harmony been seen between the president office and the agency. 
3) it will reduce the power been invested in the president in carrying on a better administration.
 
Executive heads owe allegiance to the president, because their are appointed by the president, and can only be removed by the president. During appointment, the president usually appoints it's loyalist that is qualified to head the agency. This is why some of their heads resign, when their can no longer cope with the will of the president.
 
        
             
        
        
        
Answer and Explanation:
(a)
Variables are given as follows
Total number of cars, C1
Total number of trucks, T1
(b)
Our aim is to maximize the total profit of Green Vehicle Inc.
Max z = 300T1 + 220T1
(c)
In this question, we have limitations, which are
0.025T1 + 0.017C1 ≤ 1
0.020T1 + 0.020C1 ≤ 1
hence attached below are the excel solutions to the problem
 
        
             
        
        
        
Answer:
 $66,000
$304,000
Explanation:
The computation is shown below:
Total implicit cost is 
= Job left cost + forgone the return on investment 
= $60,000 + $100,000 × 6%
= $60,000 + $6,000
= $66,000
And, the total cost is 
= explicit cost + implicit cost
= $50,000 + $180,000 + $8,000 + $66,000
= $304,000
We simply applied the above formulas so that the correct values could come
 
        
             
        
        
        
Cate can claim Amy as a dependent.
<u>Explanation:</u>
The custodial parents can claim their child as the dependent, as a qualifying child for head of household filing status, for EIC, for the child tax credit and so on. But in case the parents get divorced, then the parent with whom the child spends the most time gets to claim the child as dependent.
In the above case, since Amy stays with Cate, Cate gets to claim Amy as dependent because she is staying with Cate only and spends the most time with her.