Vandelay Industries Manufactures a Range of Latex Products

question 98

Multiple Choice

Vandelay Industries manufactures a range of latex products. Vandelay recently purchased new equipment to manufacture latex gloves for the medical community. The new machinery costs $70,000 and can produce 40,000 pairs of gloves each day. The raw latex material for each pair of gloves costs $.03 and Vandelay sells the gloves at a wholesale price of $.10 a pair. Considering only the cost of the new equipment, how many pairs of gloves does Vandelay need to sell to pay for the new machinery?

• A) 1,000,000
• B) 700,000
• C) 70,000
• D) 7,000

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Definitions:

Chiral

Pertaining to a molecule that cannot be superimposed on its mirror image, often leading to optical activity.

Achiral

Describing a molecule that is superimposable on its mirror image, thus not exhibiting chirality.

Chiral

Describes a molecule that cannot be superimposed on its mirror image, often leading to different reactions and interactions depending on the spatial arrangement of its atoms.

Enantiomer

A molecule from a duo that resembles its counterpart as a mirror reflection but cannot be perfectly overlaid, similar to the relationship between the left and right hands.