Answer:
7. profits will decrease by:
lost profits = total revenue - total costs = $5,760,000 - $5,376,000 = $384,000unavoidable fixed costs = $18 x 48,000 units = $864,000total decrease in profits ($1,248,000)8. profits will decrease by:
lost profits from Beta product line = $8,160,000 - $7,616,000 = ($544,000)increased profits from Alpha sales = $2,220,000 - $1,668,000 = $552,000unavoidable fixed costs = (68,000 x $18) - (12,000 x $23) = (948,000)total decrease in profits ($940,000)9. profits will increase by:
avoidable costs of producing 88,000 Alphas = 88,000 x $116 = $10,208,000cost of purchasing 88,000 x $112 = ($9,856,000)total increase in profits = $10,208,000 - $9,856,000 = $352,00010. profits will increase by:
avoidable costs of producing 58,000 Alphas = 58,000 x $116 = $6,728,000cost of purchasing 58,000 x $112 = ($6,496,000)total increase in profits = $6,728,000 - $6,496,000 = $232,00013. Since the profit margin per pound of direct materials used for Alphas = $7.67 and Betas = $4, the company should produce Alphas. It should produce 28,666 Alphas and 2 Betas. Total profits = $1,318,636 + $16 = $1,318,652
14. Maximum contribution margin:
Contribution margin Alphas = 28,666 units x $92 = $2,637,272Contribution margin Betas = 2 units x $52 = $104total contribution margin = $2,637,37615. Since the profit margin per pound of materials used Betas is only $4, there is not much room for increasing the materials costs. If you want to produce Betas, you would be willing to pay less than $9 per pound of direct materials.
But since the profit margin per pound of direct materials used on Alphas is much higher ($7.67), as long as you pay less than $12.97 per pound of direct materials you can still make a profit producing Alphas. So you could pay a much higher price if you wanted to produce Alphas and still make a profit.
Explanation:
Alpha Beta
Sales price $185 $120
Direct materials ($5 per pound) $30 $10
pounds of materials used 6 2
profit margin per pound $7.67 $4
Direct labor $22 $29
Variable manufacturing overhead $20 $13
Traceable fixed man. overhead $24 $26
Variable selling expenses $20 $16
Common fixed expenses (unavoidable) $23 $18
Total cost per unit $139 $112
total production capacity 112,000 units per year
contribution margin = sales revenue - variable costs:
contribution margin Alpha = $185 - $93 = $92
contribution margin Beta = $120 - $68 = $52
An asset is acquired using a noninterest-bearing note payable for $100,000 due in two years. Management records the purchase with a debit to the asset for $100,000 and a credit to notes payable for $100,000. Which of the following statements is correct?A. Management has properly recorded the transaction.B. Management has not considered the present value of the note in recording the asset.C. Management should not record the asset until the note has been paid.D. Management should record the note for more than $100,000 to account for the underlying interest.
Answer:
The answer is A. Management has properly recorded the transaction.
Explanation:
According to the given data Since the note is non interest bearing, no interest will be paid on the bond.
Therefore, asset will be debited and note payable will be credited by the full amount.
Therefore, the Management has properly recorded the transaction.
The joural entry would be as follows:
Debit Credit
asset $100,000
note payable $100,000
The evaluation of a firm's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats is called a SWOT analysis. A SWOT analysis can be a valuable tool in the development of a marketing plan, but too often the SWOT analysis is not well thought out and proves to be an ineffective waste of time. Perhaps the most common mistake when conducting a SWOT analysis is the failure to separate internal issues from external issues. The strengths and weaknesses aspects of the SWOT analysis focus on internal capabilities. The opportunities and threats aspects focus on the external environment. Select the most appropriate category for the descriptors below.1. Post office closings2. JPM has the superior information technology infrastructure3. Increasing demand for international packages4. JPM has an excellent workforce and human resource department5. Potential global economic recession6. JPM has increasing labor costs7. JPM has less fuel-efficient planes8. Increasing fuel costs due to turmoil in the Middle East
Answer: Please refer to Explanation
Explanation:
SWOT ANALYSIS is indeed a very useful matrix for evaluating a firm's strong points.
The Strengths and Weaknesses portion focus on the internal Environment with the Strengths looking at what the company does better than other companies and has a competitive advantage in while weaknesses look at where the company is lacking.
The Threats and Opportunities focus on the External Environment. The Threats refer to any and every potential source of negative effects on the company while Opportunities are the potential chances that a company can capitalise on to make themselves more profitable.
Classifying the above,
1. Post office closings. OPPORTUNITIES
This is because JPM as a Delivery Service can then take over the customers that can no longer use the closed Post Offices.
2. JPM has the superior information technology infrastructure. STRENGTHS.
This is an area that JPM excels in making it a strength.
3. Increasing demand for international packages. OPPORTUNITIES.
This is a chance for JPM to grow as they can capitalise on this increased demand to increase profitability.
4. JPM has an excellent workforce and human resource department. STRENGTH.
JPM has a strength in this area because this is something that they are good at.
5. Potential global economic recession. THREATS.
This is a Threat to JPM as it could potentially affect their business negatively.
6. JPM has increasing labor costs. WEAKNESSES.
This is an internal problem that is a weakness for JPM. Rising labour costs means lower profits so they should be careful.
7. JPM has less fuel-efficient planes. WEAKNESSES.
Less fuel efficient planes means that they burn more fuel to deliver goods around the world so they have more expenses. This is a weakness that needs to be curtailed.
8. Increasing fuel costs due to turmoil in the Middle East. THREATS.
This is a threat because it is from the External Environment but threatens to increase the costs of deliveries for JPM.
Ken is 63 years old and unmarried. He retired at age 55 when he sold his business, Understock.com. Though Ken is retired, he is still very active. Ken reported the following financial information this year. Assume Ken files as a single taxpayer.Ken won $1,200 in an illegal game of poker (the game was played in Utah, where gambling is illegal).Ken sold 1,000 shares of stock for $32 a share. He inherited the stock two years ago. His tax basis (or investment) in the stock was $31 per share.Ken received $25,000 from an annuity he purchased eight years ago. He purchased the annuity, to be paid annually for 20 years, for $210,000.Ken received $13,000 in disability benefits for the year. He purchased the disability insurance policy last year.Ken decided to go back to school to learn about European history. He received a $500 cash scholarship to attend. He used $300 to pay for his books and tuition, and he applied the rest toward his new car payment.Ken’s son, Mike, instructed his employer to make half of his final paycheck of the year payable to Ken as a gift from Mike to Ken. Ken received the check on December 30 in the amount of $1,100.Ken received a $610 refund of the $3,600 in state income taxes his employer withheld from his pay last year. Ken claimed $12,050 in itemized deductions last year (the standard deduction for a single filer was $12,000).Ken received $30,000 of interest from corporate bonds and money market accounts.What is his gross income?
Answer:
Gross Income = 46950
Explanation:
SOURCE AMOUNT
Illegal gross income (from poker) 1200
Gain on stock sale 1000
Annuity (25000 - 210000/20) 14500
Scholarship (excess of book allowance paid, for taxable car) 200
Tax refund (tex benefit of last year) 50
Interest Income 30000
Total Gross Income 46950
Disability benefit is excluded as the policy was purchased by taxpayer. Income from son is also not included, as income is taxed to taxpayer who earned the incomeOriole Inc manufactures model airplanes and repair kits. The planes account for 75% of the sales mix, and the kits the remainder. The variable cost ratio for the planes is 80% and 65% for the kits. Fixed costs are $114000. Compute the breakeven point in sales dollars.
Answer:
Break-even point (dollars)= $480,000
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
Fixed costs are $114000.
Sales mix:
Planes= 0.75
Kits= 0.25
Contribution margin ratio:
Planes= 0.20
Kits= 0.35
To calculate the break-even point in dollars, we need to use the following formula:
Break-even point (dollars)= Total fixed costs / Weighted average contribution margin ratio
Weighted average contribution margin ratio= sales mix*contribution margin ratio
Weighted average contribution margin ratio= 0.75*0.2 + 0.25*0.35
Weighted average contribution margin ratio= 0.2375
Break-even point (dollars)= 114,000/0.2375
Break-even point (dollars)= $480,000
Fast-food restaurants like McDonald's are replacing cashiers with touch-screen ordering kiosks. Currently the MPL for an additional cashier is 48 customers served per hour and the MPK for an additional kiosk is 32 customers served per hour. A cashier can be hired for wage of $15; a kiosk rents for $12.
(a) Is Whataburger using the optimal cost-minimizing mix of cashiers and kiosks? Explain.
(b) What can Whataburger do to improve its mix of inputs – hire more cashiers or fewer? Rent more kiosks or fewer?
Answer:
a. Whataburger is not using the optimal cost-minimizaing mix of cashier and kiosks.
b. Whataburger should hire more cashier and rent fewer kiosks in order to improve its mix of inputs and minimize the cost
Explanation:
a. According to the given data we have the following:
Let "C" is a cashier.
"K" is a kiosk
MPC = 48 (Marginal Product of Cashier)
MPK = 32 (Marginal Product of Kiosk)
PC = $15 (cashier can be hired for a wage of $15)
PK = $12 (Kiosk rents for $12)
At optimal cost minimization point, (MPC / MPK) = (PC / PK)
(MPC / PC) = (MPK / PK)
(MPC / PC) = (48 / 15) = 3.2
(MPK / PK) = (32 / 12) = 2.67
Since the (MPC / PC) and (MPK / PK) is not equal. It implies Whataburger is not using the optimal cost-minimizaing mix of cashier and kiosks.
b. We have to use the following:
(MPC / PC) > (MPK / PK)
i.e., 3.2 > 2.67
It means Whataburger hire more cashier and rent fewer kiosks in order to improve its mix of inputs and minimize the cost.
Berk Company produces three products: Tic, Tac, and Toe. Tic requires 160 machine setups, Tac requires 150 setups, and Toe requires 190 setups. Berk has identified an activity cost pool with allocated overhead of $32,000 for which the cost driver is machine setups. How much overhead is assigned to the Tic product?
Answer:
Overhead assigned to Tic= $10,240
Explanation:
Activity-based costing is a form of absorption costing where overheads are charged to product using cost drivers.
Under this method, overheads are first analyzed and categorized by the activities responsible for them and then charged to product based on the amount of benefits enjoyed using cost drivers.
Activity rate per driver is calculated as:
Activity overhead for the period / Total cost drivers for the period
Set -up activity overhead = $32,000
Total expected cost drivers for activity set up = sum of the set ups for the three products
Total set ups= 160 +150 + 190 = 500 set ups
Overhead rate per set up
= $32,000/500 set ups
= $64 per set up
Overhead assigned to Tic = Overhead rate per set up × No of setups for TIC
= $64 per setup ×160=$10,240
Overhead assigned to Tic= $10,240
"Donald is a 21-year-old full-time college student. During 2019, he earned $2,550 from a part-time job and $1,150 in interest income. If Donald is a dependent of his parents, what is his standard deduction amount
Answer:
His standard deduction amount would be of $ 2,900
Explanation:
In order to calculate his standard deducion amount If Donald is a dependent of his parents we would have to make the following calculation:
Since His earned income is more than $1,150, therefore, Standard Deduction would be= $2,550 + $350
Standard Deduction would be= $2,900
Therefore, If Donald is a dependent of his parents, his standard deduction amount would be of $ 2,900
On January 1, 2021, the Taylor Company adopted the dollar-value LIFO method. The inventory value for its one inventory pool on this date was $470,000. Inventory data for 2021 through 2023 are as follows:
Date Ending Inventory at Year-End Costs Cost Index
12/31/2021 $391,400 1.03
12/31/2022 454,250 1.15
12/31/2023 477,400 1.24
Required: Calculate Taylor's ending inventory for 2021, 2022, and 2023.
Answer:
Taylor Company ending inventories are
2021= $380600
2022= $397850
2023= $386350
Explanation:
Kindly check attached pdf for the computation of the solution
Accounting Cycle Review 15 a-e
Cullumber Corporation’s trial balance at December 31, 2020, is presented below. All 2020 transactions have been recorded except for the items described below.
Debit
Credit
Cash
$26,100
Accounts Receivable
60,000
Inventory
23,300
Land
67,200
Buildings
81,700
Equipment
41,000
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
$470
Accumulated Depreciation—Buildings
25,500
Accumulated Depreciation—Equipment
14,200
Accounts Payable
19,500
Interest Payable
–0–
Dividends Payable
–0–
Unearned Rent Revenue
7,200
Bonds Payable (10%)
44,000
Common Stock ($10 par)
28,000
Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par—Common Stock
5,600
Preferred Stock ($20 par)
–0–
Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par—Preferred Stock
–0–
Retained Earnings
65,330
Treasury Stock
–0–
Cash Dividends
–0–
Sales Revenue
570,000
Rent Revenue
–0–
Bad Debt Expense
–0–
Interest Expense
–0–
Cost of Goods Sold
380,000
Depreciation Expense
–0–
Other Operating Expenses
36,900
Salaries and Wages Expense
63,600
Total
$779,800
$779,800
Unrecorded transactions and adjustments:
1. On January 1, 2020, Cullumber issued 1,000 shares of $20 par, 6% preferred stock for $23,000.
2. On January 1, 2020, Cullumber also issued 1,000 shares of common stock for $24,000.
3. Cullumber reacquired 260 shares of its common stock on July 1, 2020, for $46 per share.
4. On December 31, 2020, Cullumber declared the annual cash dividend on the preferred stock and a $1.30 per share dividend on the outstanding common stock, all payable on January 15, 2021.
5. Cullumber estimates that uncollectible accounts receivable at year-end is $6,000.
6. The building is being depreciated using the straight-line method over 30 years. The salvage value is $5,200.
7. The equipment is being depreciated using the straight-line method over 10 years. The salvage value is $4,100.
8. The unearned rent was collected on October 1, 2020. It was receipt of 4 months’ rent in advance (October 1, 2020 through January 31, 2021).
9. The 10% bonds payable pay interest every January 1. The interest for the 12 months ended December 31, 2020, has not been paid or recorded.
(Ignore income taxes.)
Requirment: Prepare a Balance Sheet as at December 31, 2020.
Answer:
Cullumber CorporationBalance Sheet as of December 31, 2020:Current Assets:
Cash $61,140
Accounts Receivable 60,000
less allowance for doubtful 6,000 54,000
Inventory 23,300 138,440
Non-current Assets:
Land 67,200
Buildings 81,700
Accumulated Depreciation 28,050 53,650
Equipment 41,000
Accumulated Depreciation 17,890 23,110 143,960
Total Assets $282,400
Liabilities + Equity:
Current Liabilities:
Accounts Payable 19,500
Interest Payable 4,400
Dividends Payable 5,802
Unearned Rent Revenue 1,800 31,502
Non-current Liabilities:
Bonds Payable (10%) 44,000 $75,502
Equity:
Common Stock ($10 par) 38,000
Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par—Common 10,240
Preferred Stock ($20 par) 20,000
Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par—Preferred 3,000
Retained Earnings 138,258
Treasury Stock (2,600) 206,898
Total Liabilities + Equity $282,400
Explanation:
a) Cullumber Corporation's Unadjusted Trial Balance as of December 31, 2020:
Debit Credit
Cash $26,100
Accounts Receivable 60,000
Inventory 23,300
Land 67,200
Buildings 81,700
Equipment 41,000
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts $470
Accumulated Depreciation—Buildings 25,500
Accumulated Depreciation—Equipment 14,200
Accounts Payable 19,500
Interest Payable –0–
Dividends Payable –0–
Unearned Rent Revenue 7,200
Bonds Payable (10%) 44,000
Common Stock ($10 par) 28,000
Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par—Common Stock 5,600
Preferred Stock ($20 par) –0–
Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par—Preferred Stock –0–
Retained Earnings 65,330
Treasury Stock –0–
Cash Dividends –0–
Sales Revenue 570,000
Rent Revenue –0–
Bad Debt Expense –0–
Interest Expense –0–
Cost of Goods Sold 380,000
Depreciation Expense –0–
Other Operating Expenses 36,900
Salaries and Wages Expense 63,600
Total $779,800 $779,800
b) Cullumber Corporation's Adjusted Trial Balance as of December 31, 2020:
Debit Credit
Cash $61,140
Accounts Receivable 60,000
Inventory 23,300
Land 67,200
Buildings 81,700
Equipment 41,000
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts $6,000
Accumulated Depreciation—Buildings 28,050
Accumulated Depreciation—Equipment 17,890
Accounts Payable 19,500
Interest Payable 4,400
Dividends Payable 5,802
Unearned Rent Revenue 1,800
Bonds Payable (10%) 44,000
Common Stock ($10 par) 38,000
Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par—Common Stock 10,240
Preferred Stock ($20 par) 20,000
Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par—Preferred Stock 3,000
Retained Earnings 65,330
Treasury Stock 2,600
Cash Dividends 5,802
Sales Revenue 570,000
Rent Revenue 5,400
Bad Debt Expense 5,530
Interest Expense 4,400
Cost of Goods Sold 380,000
Depreciation Expense 6,240
Other Operating Expenses 36,900
Salaries and Wages Expense 63,600
Total $839,412 $839,412
c) Cash Account Adjustment:
Balance as per Trial Balance $26,100
Preferred Stock 23,000
Common Stock 24,000
Treasury Stock (11,960)
Adjusted Cash balance $61,140
d) Income Statement
Sales Revenue $570,000
Cost of goods sold 380,000
Gross profit $190,000
Rent Revenue 5,400
Total $195,400
less expenses:
Bad Debt Expense 5,530
Interest Expense 4,400
Depreciation Expense 6,240
Other Operating Expenses 36,900
Salaries and Wages Expense 63,600 116,670
Net Income $78,730
Retained Earnings 65,330
Dividends (5802)
Retained Earnings carried forward $138,258
W.T. Ginsburg Engine Company manufactures part ACT30107 used in several of its engine models. Monthly production costs for 1,090 units are as follows: Direct materials $46,000 Direct labor 10,500 Variable overhead costs 32,500 Fixed overhead costs 22,000 Total costs $111,000 It is estimated that 6% of the fixed overhead costs assigned to ACT30107 will no longer be incurred if the company purchases ACT30107 from the outside supplier. W.T Ginsburg Engine Company has the option of purchasing the part from an outside supplier at $94.75 per unit. If the company accepts the offer from the outside supplier, the monthly avoidable costs (costs that will no longer be incurred) total ________.
Answer:
Cost that will no longer be incurred = $90320
Explanation:
$
The relevant variable cost
= 46,000 + 10,500 + 32,500 $89,000
Cost of external supply
= 94.75 × 1090= $103,277.50
Increase in of purchase 14,277.50
Savings in fixed cost (6%× 22,000) ( 1320
Net increase in cost if purchased 12,957.50
Cost that will no longer be incurred = 89,000 +1320 = $90320
Cost that will no longer be incurred = $90320
A company uses the percent of sales method to determine its bad debts expense. At the end of the current year, the company's unadjusted trial balance reported the following selected amounts: Accounts receivable $ 345,000 debit Allowance for uncollectible accounts 700 debit Net Sales 790,000 credit All sales are made on credit. Based on past experience, the company estimates that 0.6% of net credit sales are uncollectible. What amount should be debited to Bad Debts Expense when the year-end adjusting entry is prepared?
Answer: $5,440
Explanation:
When using the percent of sales method to determine bad debts, the company estimates a percentage that it believes will results in uncollectible debt and then applies it to the sales/revenue figure. The figure that is calculated is then debited along with the debit balance on the Allowance for doubtful accounts to the Bad debts account for the year and credited to the Allowance for doubtful accounts.
This company estimates that they will have 0.6% of credit sales uncollectible.
There are also $790,000 in sales of which all are on credit.
The Uncollectible estimate is therefore,
= 790,000 * 0.6%
= $4,740
This figure is then added to the debit amount on the Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts.
= 4,470 + 700
= $5,440
Note; A debit balance on the Allowance for doubtful debt account signifies that the bad debts were higher than anticipated the last time. This is why the figure is added to the current bad debts expense.
You just made the last monthly payment on a 30 year mortgage -- the house is yours! In your joyous moment, you calculate how much you made in payments over those 30 years, and it is $647,514! If your interest rate was an APR of 6%, and you made equal monthly payments, how much did you originally borrow for this house
Answer:
$112,807
Explanation:
To calculate the amount of money you borrowed, you have to use the formula to calculate the present value:
PV=FV/(1+r)^n
PV= pressent value
FV= future value= 647,514
r= rate= 6%
n= number of periods of time= 30
PV=647,514/(1+0.06)^30
PV=647,514/(1.06)^30
PV=647,514/5.74
PV=112,807
According to this, you originally borrowed $112,807 for this house.
A stock you own earned: $200, $500, $100, and $700 over the last four years. What was the mean annual gain in value over the four years?
Answer:
$375
Explanation:
200+500+100+700= 1,500
1,500/4=375
Answer:
The answer is $375 (B)
Explanation:
First, add all the numbers (200, 500, 100, 700) to get 1,500
Divide by the mean which is 4 (1500/4)
Here's your answer $375 (B)
Hope this helps!
Technology transfer agreements: Select one: a. protect "distinctive" or "famous" marks from unauthorized uses only when confusion is likely to occur. b. permit a company to quickly penetrate a foreign market without incurring the substantial financial and legal risks associated with direct investment. c. prevent an intellectual property owner from granting to another the right to use protected technology in return for some form of compensation. d. assert that priority of trademark rights in the United States depends upon the priority of use anywhere else in the world.
Answer:
b. permit a company to quickly penetrate a foreign market without incurring the substantial financial and legal risks associated with direct investment.
Explanation:
Technology transfer agreements can be defined as a contractual agreement between two parties, the licensor (rightful owner of the patent or trademark) and lincesee, granting them the legal rights to use an intellectual property under the stated terms and conditions binding the contract.
An intellectual property is an embodiment of the creative work such as trademark, patent or copyright of an individual, usually an inventor.
Technology transfer agreements allows an intellectual property owner to license or grant to another the right to use its protected technology in return for some form of compensation and permit a company to quickly penetrate a foreign market without incurring the substantial financial and legal risks associated with direct investment because this will further enhance foreign direct investments, expansion and deeply foster world trade among countries.
Wings Co. budgeted $572,000 manufacturing direct wages, 2,500 direct labor hours, and had the following manufacturing overhead: Overhead Cost Pool Budgeted Overhead Cost Budgeted Level for Cost Driver Overhead Cost Driver Materials handling $ 196,000 4,900 pounds Weight of materials Machine setup 19,600 560 setups Number of setups Machine repair 1,600 32,000 machine hours Machine hours Inspections 16,500 330 inspections Number of inspections Requirements for Job #971 which manufactured 4 units of product: Direct labor 20 hours Direct materials 220 pounds Machine setup 30 setups Machine hours 16,700 machine hours Inspections 15 inspections The total overhead of Job #971 under the ABC costing is:
Answer:
Total allocated overhead= $11,435
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
Materials handling $196,000 4,900 pounds
Machine setup $19,600 560 setups
Machine repair $1,600 32,000 machine hours
Inspections $16,500 330 inspections
Job 971
Direct labor 20 hours
Direct materials 220 pounds
Machine setup 30 setups
Machine hours 16,700 machine hours
Inspections 15 inspections
First, we need to calculate the estimated overhead rate for each activity:
Estimated manufacturing overhead rate= total estimated overhead costs for the period/ total amount of allocation base
Materials handling= 196,000/4,900= $40 per pound
Machine setup= 19,600/560= $35 per setup
Machine repair= 1,600/32,000= $0.05 per machine hour
Inspections= 16,500/330= $50 per inspection
Now, we can allocate overhead:
Allocated MOH= Estimated manufacturing overhead rate* Actual amount of allocation base
Materials handling= 40*220= 8,800
Machine setup= 35*30= 1,050
Machine repair= 0.05*16,700=835
Inspections= 50*15= 750
Total allocated overhead= $11,435
Light-emitting diode (LED) light bulbs have become required in recent years, but do they make financial sense? Suppose a typical 60-watt incandescent light bulb costs $.45 and lasts for 1,000 hours. A 7-watt LED, which provides the same light, costs $2.25 and lasts for 40,000 hours. A kilowatt-hour of electricity costs $.121, which is about the national average. A kilowatt-hour is 1,000 watts for 1 hour. However, electricity costs actually vary quite a bit depending on location and user type (you can get information on your rates from your local power company). An industrial user in West Virginia might pay $.04 per kilowatt-hour whereas a residential user in Hawaii might pay $.25. You require a 10 percent return and use a light fixture 500 hours per year. What is the break-even cost per kilowatt-hour?
Answer:
(A) For incandescent bulb, your break even cost is $32.67
(B) With LED bulb, your break even cost is $3.8115
Conclusion: It makes financial sense to use LED bulbs.
Explanation:
We start by checking the cost of your electricity bill when you use incandescent bulb and when you use LED bulb.
Since your answers are to be in kilowatt hour, we transform the watt measurement of the bulbs into kilowatt thus:
60watt incandescent bulb = 0.06kw
7watt led bulb = 0.007kw
National average cost of electricity per kilowatt hour is $1.21
Cost per kWh using incandescent bulb is 1.21 × 0.06 = $0.0726
Cost per kWh using led bulb is 1.21 × 0.007 = $0.00847
(A) WITH INCANDESCENT
0.06kw × 500hrs/year = 30kwhrs/year
Cost of electricity bill = 1.21 × 30 =$36.3
Your 10% return = $3.63
Break even cost per year, in kWh is = 36.3 - 3.63 = $32.67
(B) WITH LED
0.007kw × 500hrs/year = 3.5kwhrs/year
Cost of electricity bill = 1.21 × 3.5 = $4.235
Your 10% return = $0.4235
Break even cost per year in kWh is = 4.235 - 0.4235
(C) The incandescent bulb costs $0.45 but draws you a bill of $32.67 a year WHILE the led bulb costs $2.25 but draws you a bill of $3.8115
We conclude hence, that light-emitting diode bulbs make financial sense. Overlook the cost of purchasing the bulb because it uses less kilowatts per hour and draws you a very low bill, compared to the incandescent bulb!
Bandar Industries Berhad of Malaysia manufactures sporting equipment. One of the company’s products, a football helmet for the North American market, requires a special plastic. During the quarter ending June 30, the company manufactured 3,100 helmets, using 2,077 kilograms of plastic. The plastic cost the company $13,708. According to the standard cost card, each helmet should require 0.62 kilograms of plastic, at a cost of $7.00 per kilogram.
Required:
1. What is the standard quantity of kilograms of plastic (SQ) that is allowed to make 3,100 helmets?
2. What is the standard materials cost allowed (SQ × SP) to make 3,100 helmets?
3. What is the materials spending variance?
4. What is the materials price variance and the materials quantity variance? (For requirements 3 and 4, indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values. Do not round intermediate calculations.)
Answer:
1. 1,922
2. $13,454
3. $254 Unfavorable
4. 831 Favorable
$1,085 Unfavorable
Explanation:
1. The computation of standard quantity of kilograms of plastic is shown below:-
Standard quantity of kilograms allowed = Helmets manufactured × Required kilograms of plastic
= 3,100 × 0.62
= 1,922
2. The computation of standard materials cost allowed is shown below:-
Standard cost allowed for actual output = Standard quantity of kilograms allowed × Cost per kilogram
= 1,922 × $7
= $13,454
3. The computation of materials spending variance is shown below:-
Materials spending variance = Plastic cost - Standard cost allowed for actual output
= $13,708 - $13,454
= $254 Unfavorable
4. The computation of materials price variance and the materials quantity variance is shown below:-
Materials price variance = Plastic cost - (Plastic in kilograms × Cost per kilograms)
= $13,708 - (2,077 × $7)
= 831 Favorable
Materials quantity variance = Cost per kilograms × (Plastic in kilograms - Standard quantity of kilograms allowed)
= $7 × (2,077 - 1,922)
= $1,085 Unfavorable
So, we have applied the above formulas.
Which of the following represents an increase in living standards over the past century? Check all that apply. Increased human activities have magnified the pollution of air and water. The purchasing power of a dollar has declined over time due to inflation. Medical breakthroughs enable people to enjoy better healthcare nowadays.
Answer:
Medical breakthroughs enable people to enjoy better healthcare nowadays.
Explanation:
An increase in living standard means that the lives of people are better off.
Advances in medicine have made it possible to find cure to various diseases. This improves standard of living.
Increased pollution of air and water and decline of dollar value have negative effects on living standard.
Pollution affects human health negatively and can cause diseases which negatively affect standard of living. Also, pollution can cause floods and other environmental disasters. Floods can displace people from their homes and this affects standard of living negatively.
Decrease in dollar value has made items more expensive.
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The approach to ethical behavior which proposes that actions and plans should be judged by their consequences, thus producing the greatest benefit to society with the least harm or the lowest cost is called:__________.
A) individual rights approach.
B) mercantilism approach.
C) utilitarian approach.
D) justice approach.
E) moral imperialism approach.
Answer:
The correct answer is option (C)utilitarian approach.
Explanation:
Utilitarian approach: It is referred to as an action in relative to outcomes and reaction
For example, the cost and net benefits of all group of people based on an individual level. that is, by works towards achieving or aiming for the best for the greatest number while producing the least amount of suffering or harm.
Rank the following instruments in terms of credit risk. In your rankings, use 1 for the greatest credit risk and 4 for the smallest credit risk. Assume a 10 year Treasury trades with a YTM of 5%.a. A Ba1 corporate bond ______b. A ten-year BBB- corporate bond with a YTM of 7% ______c. A secured loan from Argosy Gaming, which is a B- rated firm ______d. A senior subordinated bond from Argosy Gaming
Answer:
a. A Ba1 corporate bond 2 (not investment grade)
b. A ten-year BBB- corporate bond with a YTM of 7% 3 (medium risk but still investment grade)
c. A secured loan from Argosy Gaming, which is a B- rated firm 4 (less risky since it is backed by a collateral)
d. A senior subordinated bond from Argosy Gaming 1 (highest risk)
Explanation:
There are two major bond rating agencies in the US: Moody's and Standard & Poor's.
Their rankings are very similar, although the letters vary a little:
AAA: safest
AA: low risk
A: low risk
BBB: medium risk
BB: a little bit more riskier
B: risky
CCC: very high risk
CC: even riskier
C: riskiest
D: junk, in default
The Solow model predicts that, over time, real GDP in developing economies could potentially converge to the same level of real GDP as developed economies. Which of the following is not consistent with convergence?
a. Investors seeking to build new factories would likely build those factories in developing economies that have some political stability.
b. Developing nations should converge because they can take advantage of technological discoveries made by developed economies.
c. Over time, developing economies become richer, and developed economies become poorer, until they reach the same level of wealth.
d. Because investment in developing nations yields relatively greater returns, capital will flow into developing economies, leading to relatively greater economic gro
Answer: c. Over time, developing economies become richer, and developed economies become poorer, until they reach the same level of wealth.
Explanation:
The Solow model which is a neoclassical framework focuses on long term Economics and does indeed speak to the convergence of the Real GDPs of Developed Countries with that of Developing countries.
However, of all the options listed, Option C goes against the model because convergence cannot happen if the Developed Countries keep getting richer while Developing countries keep getting poorer. Should that happen, they will never get to the same level of wealth and indeed might end up on opposite sides of the wealth spectrum with Developed Countries being extremely wealthy and Developing countries being extremely poor.
For convergence to happen, the conditions in A, B and D are preferable as they can indeed bring about the said convergence.
During the year, direct labor costs of $30,000 were incurred, manufacturing overhead totaled $42,000, materials purchased were $27,000, and selling and administrative costs were $22,000. Champagne sold 25,000 units of product during the year at a sales price of $5.00 per unit. What were the total manufacturing costs for the year assuming $2 comma 080 of indirect materials were used during the period?
Answer:
Using the models for total manufacturing cost that includes just direct labour costs, direct materials cost and overhead costs, total manufacturing cost = $99,000
Using the model that includes selling and administrative costs & indirect materials cost, total manufacturing cost = $123,080
Explanation:
Total manufacturing cost is a sum of the amount of cost incurred by a business to produce goods in a reporting period.
It usually consists of direct labour costs, direct materials cost and overhead costs.
In some models, the selling and administrative costs & cost of indirect materials are included.
Direct labour cost = $30,000
Manufacturing overhead costs = $42,000
Direct materials cost = $27,000
Total manufacturing cost = 30000 + 42000 + 27000 = $99,000
Selling and Administrative costs = $22,000
Indirect materials cost = $2,080
Total materials cost including selling and administrative costs & indirect materials cost = 99000 + 22000 + 2080 = $123,080
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Zeke Company sells 26,900 units at $16 per unit. Variable costs are $9 per unit, and fixed costs are $38,100. The contribution margin ratio and the unit contribution margin, respectively, are
Answer:
Contribution margin ratio= 0.4375
Contribution margin= $7
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
Zeke Company sells 26,900 units at $16 per unit. Variable costs are $9 per unit, and fixed costs are $38,100.
To calculate the contribution margin per unit, we need to use the following formula:
Contribution margin= selling price - unitary variable cost
Contribution margin= 16 - 9= $7
Now, we can calculate the contribution margin ratio:
Contribution margin ratio= contribution margin/ selling price
Contribution margin ratio= 7/16
Contribution margin ratio= 0.4375
A project manager is preparing two documents for risk management. One contains sources of overall project risk and also summary information on individual risks. The second describes individual risks identified. What name should the project manager give to the first document
Answer: Risk Report
Explanation:
A Risk Report for a project contains all the risk that the project is exposed to. This includes both project risk as well as individual risks related to the components projects in the overall project.
A Risk Report details the risks such as Supplier failure, Inflation, Pending Government Regulations and the like. It then takes these and summarizes them for presentation to those who require this information in the company so that appropriate safeguards may be set up and precautions taken.
This describes the first document and so should be what the Project Manager names it.
There are many perfumes on the market, but Demeter, a superior brand of perfume, has memorable scents that leads to emotional ties. Which element of the marketing plan is being considered when the marketing manager decided initially to market the perfume in a limited number of very exclusive specialty stores?
Answer:
Place
Explanation:
The four P's of marketing is a number of tactics employed in a marketing plan to achieve better sales of a product. These four P's include; Price, Place, Promotion, and Product. The place factor takes note of the location where the target customers are most likely to be reached. To achieve better sales of a product, it is very important that the right location is chosen so that consumers who are interested in it can access it easily. For example, it would make no sense to sell grocery products in a boutique. That is not where the target customers are.
So, when the marketing manager of Demeter Perfumes decided to market the perfume in a limited number of very exclusive specialty stores, it is because that place is where the target market (most likely, high income earners), can be found easily.
Church Inc. is presently enjoying relatively high growth because of a surge in the demand for its new product. Management expects earnings and dividends to grow at a rate of 22% for the next 4 years, after which competition will probably reduce the growth rate in earnings and dividends to zero, i.e., g = 0. The company's last dividend, D0, was $1.25, its beta is 1.20, the market risk premium is 5.50%, and the risk-free rate is 3.00%. What is the current price of the common stock?
a. $32.69
b. $26.57
c. $27.37
d. $28.97
e. $23.39
Answer:
Option B ,$26.57 is correct
Explanation:
The cost of equity =Rf+Beta*Mrp
Rf is the risk free rate of 3.00%
Beta of equity is 1.20
Mrp is the market risk premium which is 5.50%
Cost of equity=3.00%+(1.20*5.50%)=9.60%
Stock price =present value of dividends+present value of terminal value
D1=$1.25*(1+22%)/(1+9.6%)^1=$ 1.39
D2=$1.25*(1+22%)^2/(1+9.6%)^2=$ 1.55
D3=$1.25*(1+22%)^3/(1+9.6%)^3=$ 1.72
D4=$1.25*(1+22%)^4/(1+9.6%)^4=$ 1.92
terminal value=year 4 dividend/(r-g)
year 4 dividend=$1.25*(1+22%)^4= 2.77
r is the cost of equity of 9.6%
g is the dividend afer year 4 which is 0%
terminal value= 2.77/(9.6%-0%)=$ 28.85
present value of terminal value= 28.85/(1+9.6%)^4=$ 19.99
Total present values=$ 1.39+$ 1.72+$ 1.92 +$ 1.92 +$ 19.99 =$26.58
According to the question Option B ,$26.57 is correct
How to calculate of common stock?When The cost of equity = [tex]Rf+Beta "/times" Mrp[/tex]
After that, Rf is the risk free rate of 3.00%
then Beta of equity is[tex]1.20[/tex]
After that Mrp is the market risk premium which is 5.50%
So that, Cost of equity 3.00%+(1.20*5.50%)=9.60% = 9.60%
Then The Stock price is = present value of dividends + present value of terminal value
Now, D1 is = $[tex]1.25 "/times" (1+22[/tex]%[tex])/(1+9.6[/tex]%)^[tex]1=$ 1.39[/tex]
Then, D2 is = $[tex]1.25 "/times" (1+22[/tex]%[tex])^2/(1+9.6[/tex]%)^[tex]2=$ 1.55[/tex]
Then D3 is = $1.25 "/times" (1+22%)^3/(1+9.6%)^3=$ 1.72
After that D4 is = $[tex]1.25*(1+22[/tex]%[tex])^4/(1+9.6[/tex]%)^[tex]4=$ 1.92[/tex]
Then the terminal value is = year 4 dividend/(r-g)
Then year 4 dividend is = $[tex]1.25×(1+22[/tex]%)^4= 2.77
Then r is the cost of equity of 9.6%
Now, g is the dividend after year 4 which is 0%
After that terminal value is = 2.77/(9.6%-0%)=$ 28.85
Then present value of terminal value is = [tex]28.85/(1+9.6[/tex]%)^4=$ 19.99
Thus, The Total present values is =$ [tex]1.39+$ 1.72+$ 1.92 +$ 1.92 +$ 19.99[/tex] =$26.57
Therefore Option B is $26.57
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The RST Company makes 38,000 parts to be used in its main products. The cost per part at this activity level is:
Direct materials
$
6.50
Direct labor
$
6.60
Variable manufacturing overhead
$
3.75
Fixed manufacturing overhead
$
3.45
An outside supplier offered to supply RST Company this part at $18 per unit. If RST Company decides not to make the parts, there would be no other use for the production facilities and none of the fixed manufacturing overhead cost could be avoided. Direct labor is a variable cost. The annual financial advantage (disadvantage) for the company as a result of buying these parts from the outside supplier rather than making them internally would be:
($186,200)
($87,400)
($43,700)
$87,400
Answer:
($43,700)
Explanation:
38,000 units produced:
Direct materials $ 6.50 Direct labor $6.60 Variable manufacturing overhead $3.75 Fixed manufacturing overhead $3.45total cost per unit = $20.30outside supplier offers parts at $18 per unit
fixed manufacturing overhead is unavoidable
Alternative 1 Alternative 2 Differential
keep producing buy amount
Prod. cost $771,400 $0 $771,400
Purchase cost $0 $684,000 ($684,000)
Unavoidable costs $0 $131,100 ($131,100)
total $771,400 $815,100 ($43,700)
The financial disadvantage of purchasing the parts from an outside vendor = ($43,700)
Ferdinand’s employer will match 50% of his $250 monthly contributions to his 401(k). This means that Ferdinand’s employer will put 50% of $250 = $125 into Ferdinand’s 401(k) account each month in addition to Ferdinand’s $250. What a swell benefit
Answer and Explanation:
The computation of the given question is shown below:-
Total Contributions = Monthly contribution + Amount invested in Ferdinand’s 401(k)
= $250 + $125
= $375
1. Future Value = PMT [((1 + r)n - 1) ÷ r
Future value = 375 × ((1 + 0.03 ÷ 12) × 12 × 40 - 1) ÷ (0.03 ÷ 12)
= $347,272
2. Ferdinand deposit = Given Amount × Total number of months in a year × Number of years
= $250 × 12 Months × 40 Years
= $120,000
3. The Amount put in by the employer = 50% of $250 ×Total number of months in a year × Number of years
= $125 × 12 Months × 40 Years
= $60,000
4. Interest = Future value - Ferdinand deposit - The Amount put in by the employer
= $347,272 - $120,000 - $60,000
= $167,272
We simply applied the above formulas
Following are the accounts and balances (in random order) from the adjusted trial balance of Stark Company.
Notes payable $11,000
prepaid insurance 2500
Interest expense 500
Accounts payable 1500
Wages payable 400
Cash 10,000
Wages expense 7500
Insurance expense 1800
Common stock 10,000
Retained earnings 14,800
Services revenue 20,000
Accumulated depreciation—BuiIdings $15,000
Accounts receivable 4000
Utilities expense 1300
Interest payable 100
Unearned revenue 800
Supplies expense 200
Buildings 40,000
Dividends 3,000
Depreciation expense—BuiIdings 2,000
Supplies 800
Required:
Prepare the:
a. Income statement
b. Statement of retained earnings for the year ended December 31
c. Balance sheet at December 31. The Retained Earnings account balance was $118,800 on December 31 of the prior year.
Answer:
a. Income statement
Services revenue 20,000
Unearned revenue 800
Total Revenue 20,800
Less Expenses :
Interest expense 500
Wages expense 7,500
Insurance expense 1,800
Utilities expense 1,300
Supplies expense 200
Depreciation expense—BuiIdings 2,000 (13,300)
Net Income 7,500
b. Statement of retained earnings for the year ended December 31
Retained earnings at the beginning of the year 14,800
Add Profit for the year 7,500
Less Dividends Paid (3,000)
Retained earnings at the end of the year 19,300
c. Balance sheet at December 31.
Non - Current Assets
Buildings 40,000
Accumulated depreciation—Buildings (15,000)
Total Non - Current Assets 25,000
Current Assets
Supplies 800
Accounts receivable 4,000
Prepaid insurance 2,500
Cash 10,000
Total Current Assets 17,300
Total Assets 42,300
Equity and Liabilities
Equity
Common stock 10,000
Retained Earnings 19,300
Total Equity 29,300
Non - Current Liabilities
Notes payable 11,000
Total Non - Current Liabilities 11,000
Current Liabilities
Accounts payable 1,500
Wages payable 400
Interest payable 100
Total Current Liabilities 2,000
Total Equity and Liabilities 42,300
Explanation:
The Profit for the year is included in the calculation of the Retained Earnings figure for the end of the year. The retained earnings figure at end of the year is part of Equity in the Balance Sheet.
(Note Income Statement Consist of Revenue Expenditures only, whilst Balance Sheet consists of Assets, Equity and Liabilities).
There are 100 used laptop g for sale on the market. 40% of them are in good condition, and the rest of them are broken, which is the common knowledge to the owners and the buyers. Owners of broken laptops are willing to sell them for $300. Owners of good used laptops are willing to sell them if the price is above $1600 but will keep them if the price is lower than $1600. There is a large number of potential buyers who are willing to pay $2000 for a good laptop and $600 for a broken laptop. Buyers can't tell good laptops from bad, but original owners know. In equilibrium, what could be the maximum price set for a broken laptop to be sold
Answer:
In equilibrium the maximum price set for a broken laptop to be sold is $600
Explanation:
According to the given data we have the following:
It is given that 40% laptops are in good condition. This implies that 60% are in bad condition.
In ordert to calculate the maximum price set for a broken laptop to be sold we would have to calculate the expected price that the buyers will be willing to pay for a laptop as follows:
Expected price=0.60($2000)+0.40($600)
Expected price=$1,200+$240
Expected price=$1,440
As the owners of good laptops are willing to sell their laptops for $1,800, whis is more that $1,440, they will not sell their products.
This implies that only bad laptops are sold in the market. The willingless to pay for the bad laptops is $600
Therefore, In equilibrium the maximum price set for a broken laptop to be sold is $600
