Business
Chow-4-Hounds (CAH) makes pet food for sale in supermarkets. CAH produces two general types: Branded and Generic. The two differ primarily in the ingredients used. At budget, Branded sells for $12 per case and has a variable cost to produce of $5 per case. Generic sells for a budgeted $9 per case and has a budgeted variable cost to produce of $4 per case. CAH expects to sell 30 percent Branded and 70 percent Generic regardless of the sales volume. C4H budgeted total sales of 200,000 cases for March. Actual case volume sold in March was 210,000 cases, of which 60,000 were Branded. Total actual revenues in March were $2,055,000, of which $780,000 were from sales of Branded cases. Required: a. Compute the activity variance for C4H for March. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, or "U" for unfavorable. If there is no effect, do not select either option. ) Activity varianceCompute the mix and quantity variances for March. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Indicate the effect of each varilance by selecting "for favorable,or "u" for unfavorable. If there is no effect, do not select elther option) Mix varianceQuanlity variance
Assume that an economy is described by the IS curve Y = 3,600 + 3G 2T 150r and the LM curve Y = 2(M/P) + 100r [or r = 0. 01Y 0. 02(M/P)]. The investment function for this economy is 1,000 50r. The consumption function is C = 200 + (2/3)(Y T). Long-run equilibrium output for this economy is 4,000. The price level is 1. 0. A. Assume that government spending is fixed at 1,200. The government wants to achieve a level of investment equal to 900 and also achieve Y = 4,000. What level of r is needed for I = 900? What levels of T and M must be set to achieve the two goals? What will be the levels of private saving, public saving, and national saving? (Hint: Check C + I + G = Y. ) b. Now assume that the government wants to cut taxes to 1,000. With G set at 1,200, what will the interest rate be at Y = 4,000? What must be the value of M? What will I be? What will be the levels of private, public, and national saving? (Hint: Check C + I + G = Y. ) c. Which set of policies may be referred to as tight fiscal, loose money? Which set of policies may be referred to as loose fiscal, tight money? Which "policy mix" most encourages investment?
You have had a very hectic morning, so you leave work a little earlyto relax a bit before you meet your supervisior, who is flying in to a nerby irport. You have not seen your supervisor from the home office for about a year now. He has writen to you personally to discuss the last project. Through no fault of yours, everything went wrong: The oil embargo delayed shipment of all the key parts; your project manager had a sking accident; and your secretary enclosed the key files in a parcel that was sent by mistake to Japan via sea mail. Your supervisor thinks that you have been careless on this project that you would lock yourslf out of your own car.As you are driving through the pleasant countryside on his chilly late fall afternoon, you realize that you will be an hour early. You spot a rather secluded roadside park about 200 meters away. A quiet stream bubbles through the park, containing trees in all their autumn colors-such an ideal place to just get out and relax. You pull off into the park, absentmindedly get out and lock the car, and stroll by the stream. When you return, you find that you have locked the keys inside the car.The road to the airport is not the usual route; cars pass through about every 10 to 15 minutes.The airport is nine kilometers away; the nearest house (with a telephone) is one kilometer away. The plane is due to arrive in 20 minutes. Your car, which is not a convertible, is such that you cannot get under the hood or into the trunk from the outside. All the windows are up and secured.Apply the Duncker Diagram and one other problem-solving technique to help you decide what to do.
