Answer:
Another operating room is needed.
Explanation:
The data collected by the consulting firm reveal that the existing facility does not fulfill the requirement due to more number of people so for this reason they have to build another operating room to quickly facilitate more number of people in less time. There are more number of people comes to the clinic as compared to previous years which compels the authority to build up new operating rooms for the convenience of people that comes for knee replacement. 
 
        
             
        
        
        
Answer:
When prices drop people usually go buy it even if it is a little drop.
Explanation:
They go because of a phycological difference in price.
 
        
                    
             
        
        
        
Answer:
$45.76
Explanation:
Next dividend = Dividend just paid * (1 + Dividend growth rate) = $3.71 * (1 + 0.036) = $3.84356 
Using the formula for the dividend discount model, we can calculate he price per share of the company's stock as follows:
Stock price = Next dividend / (Required return - Dividend growth rate) = $3.84356 / (0.12 - 0.036) = $45.76
Therefore, the price per share of the company's stock is $45.76.
 
        
             
        
        
        
Answer:
The answers are: 
- A change in sales mix from high-margin to low-margin items may cause total profits to decrease despite an increase in total sales.
- A change in sales mix from low-margin to high-margin items may cause total profits to increase despite a decrease in total sales.
Explanation:
A company's profit is affected by its sales mix. Profits will always be higher if high margin products or services make up a large proportion of the sales mix.  Even if total sales decrease, due to a decrease in the sales of low margin products, the company's profits might increase if more high margin products are sold. 
For example, a Ford sells mostly pick up trucks, SUVs and cars. The profit margin from car sales is very low, so in order to make a larger profit the company must focus on selling more pick up trucks and SUVs. Even if the company losses market share by not selling cars, it will make more money by selling high margin products. 
 
        
             
        
        
        
Answer:
$52,000
Explanation:
Bonus is 20% on annual net income, after deducting the bonus.
Let the annual income after deducting bonus be g
Then,
Bonus = 20% of g
            = 0.2g
Annual income before bonus = annual income after bonus + bonus
312,000 = g + 0.2g
g = 312000/1.2
g = $260,000
Bonus = 0.2g
           = 0.2 × 260,000
           = $52,000