Answer:
Results are below.
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
Selling price= $19
Unitary variable cost= $15
Fixed costs= $12,000
To calculate the break-even point in units and dollars, we need to use the following formulas:
Break-even point in units= fixed costs/ contribution margin per unit
Break-even point in units= 12,000 / 4
Break-even point in units= 3,000
Break-even point (dollars)= fixed costs/ contribution margin ratio
Break-even point (dollars)= 12,000 / (4/19)
Break-even point (dollars)= $57,000
Now, the fixed costs are $12,600:
Break-even point in units= 12,600 / 4
Break-even point in units= 3,150
Break-even point (dollars)= 12,600 / (4/19)
Break-even point (dollars)= $59,850
Mabel is a single 40-year-old who has borrowed money on numerous occasions. Her payment record has been good, except she has been delinquent in paying a few bills. Which of the following is true regarding credit information gathered on Mabel?
a. Since Mabel has been delinquent, she waives her right to see the credit files.
b. If Mabel is rejected for a loan because of the consumer report, the lender must tell her the source of the report.
c. Mabel has a right to have the information regarding her delinquency in paying a few loans stricken from her credit record because her record has generally been good.
d. Mabel's only legal remedy, if there is erroneous information in her credit file, is to report the problem to the FTC for enforcement.
Answer:
b. If Mabel is rejected for a loan because of the consumer report, the lender must tell her the source of the report.
Explanation:
The best answer to this question is option b, given that it gives the best description of the situation at hand. If she is turned down for a loan due to the fact that she has been delinquent in paying bills, the the agency from which she seeks this loan has to tell her the source of the report. A credit report gives a summarized statement of a persons financial state. It has such important information like the particulars of the person , address as well as the person SSN,
Dixie Bank offers a certificate of deposit with an option to select your own investment period. Jonathan has $7 comma 500 for his CD investment. If the bank is offering a 5 % interest rate, compounded annually, how much will the CD be worth at maturity if Jonathan picks a
Answer:
a. Two year investment period:
Future value = Amount * (1 + rate)^ number of years
= 7,500 * ( 1 + 5%)²
= $8,268.75
b. Five year investment period:
= 7,500 * (1 + 5%)⁵
= $9,572.11
c. Eight-year investment period:
= 7,500 * ( 1 + 5%)⁸
= $11,080.92
Steve is the librarian in his city's library. The library provides group diability insurance where premiums are paid by employees with after-tax dollars. He enrolls in a policy through the employer that provides a benefit of $4,200 a month. If he is in the 25% tax bracket and is disabled, what are his benefits after tax?
a. $0.
b. $1,050.
c. $3,150.
d. $4,200.
Answer: $4200
Explanation:
Tax benefit refers to the reduction in the tax liability which is enjoyed by an individual and helps the individual reduce his or her tax burden.
Since we are already given the information that Steve enrolls in a policy through the employer that provides a benefit of $4,200 a month, then his benefits after tax is $4200.
A company is concerned about the number of customers that have to wait for service in their customer service department. Assume the rate at which customers arrive is 12 per hour. Using the infinite queuing notion for the models presented in the textbook, which of the following is the mean time between arrivals?
A) 12 minutes
B) 6 minutes
C) 2 Minutes
D) 1 Minute
E) None of these
Answer:
E) None of these
Explanation:
Calculation to determine which of the following is the mean time between arrivals
Using this formula
Mean time between arrivals = 1/Arrival rate
Let plug in the formula
Mean time between arrivals= 1/12
Mean time between arrivals= 0.0833 hours or 5 minutes
Therefore the Mean time between arrivals will be 0.0833 hours or 5 minutes
Please solve for the value of the following bonds and briefly explain your results:
A) A U.S. Government Treasury Strip is quoted in the Wall Street Journal at a market price of 87:19 (87 and 19/32). If the strip is scheduled to mature in May 2025, what is the annual interest rate for this bond?
B) Xenor Corporation introduced a bond in 2001 that offered a coupon rate of 8 1/2%, resulting in coupon payments of $8.50. The bond is scheduled to mature in 2031. If the current going interest rate in the market is 6 3/4%, what is the market price (please calculate the interest and the principal due to get this value) of this bond today?
C) A bond offers a coupon that makes annual payments of $87.50. The bond was originally set to mature in 17 years. A quote for this bond, obtained 15 years after the original issue date, listed the market price as $1,070.00. What is the YTM for this bond?
Answer:
US Treasury Strip Price of the strip, P = $87 and 19/32 = $87.59375 Face Value of the strip = $100 Maturity, N = 5 years (assuming the quoted price is the current price, i.e., in November 2020, the time to maturity in November 2025 will be 5 years
Mantle Publications publishes a golf magazine for women. The magazine sells for $4.00 a copy on the newsstand. Yearly subscriptions to the magazine cost $36 per year (12 issues). In December 2016, Mantle Publications sells 4,000 copies of the golf magazine at newsstands and receives payment for 6,000 subscriptions for 2017. Financial statements are prepared monthly.
a. Indicate the accounts increased or decreased to record the December newsstand sales and subscriptions received.
b. Indicate the accounts increased or decreased for the necessary adjustment on January 31, 2017. The January 2017 issue has been mailed to subscribers.
Answer:
Accounting uses the Revenue recognition principle which means that a business should only recognize revenue when it has provided the service for which it was paid for.
a.
Date Account Title Debit Credit
12/31/2016 Cash $16,000
Sales Revenue $16,000
Working
= 4,000 issues sold for December * $4 per copy
= $16,000
Date Account Title Debit Credit
12/31/2016 Cash $216,000
Unearned Subscription Revenue $216,000
Working
= 6,000 subscriptions * $36 per subscription
= $216,000
b.
Date Account Title Debit Credit
12/31/2016 Unearned Subscription Revenue $18,000
Sales revenue $18,000
Working
= 216,000 * 1/ 12 months
= $18,000
In 2020, Susan had interest expense of $58,500 from her investments. Susan's has investment income of $46,500. Of this amount, interest is $15,000, qualified dividends are $9,000, and a net capital gain on the sale of securities is $22,500. What is the maximum amount of Susan's investment interest expense deduction for the current year if she decides to give up the capital gain preferential treatment
Answer:
Susan
The maximum amount of Susan's investment interest expense deduction for the current year if she decides to give up the capital gain preferential treatment is:
= $46,500.
Explanation:
a) Data and Calculations:
Investment interest expense = $58,500
Investment income = $46,500
Makeup of investment income:
Interest = $15,000
Dividends = $9,000
Net capital gain on the sale of securities = $22,500
b) Susan's investment interest expense is the interest amounting to $58,500 that she paid on the money she borrowed to purchase the taxable investments. The amount that Susan can deduct is capped at her net taxable investment income for the year, which totaled $46,500 since she gives up the capital gain preferential treatment. The remaining $12,000 in interest expense can be carried forward to the next fiscal year to reduce her future taxes.
Suppose there are three factories in Macroland and the following occurred in 2019: Metal, plastic and a car factory. Metal factory produces $200, plastic factory produces $500, and car factory produces $700, of its respective products. The metal factory sells all of its output to the car factory. The plastic factory sells $80 worth of plastic to the car factory, $20 to the government, and the rest to consumers. The Car factory exports $50 of its cars and sells the rest to consumers.
Required:
What is the GDP of Macroland in 2019?
Answer:
$1120
Explanation:
The computation of the GDP is shown below:
Y = C + I + G + X
Here Y denotes the GDP
C denotes the consumption = $500 - $80 - $20 = $400 and 700 - 50 = $650
I denotes the investment = $
G denotes the government purchase = $20
X denotes the net exports = $50
So,
Y = $400 + $650 + 0 + $20 + $50
= $1120
Hatch has a standard of 2.2 hours of labor per unit, at $10.70 per hour. In producing 1,640 units, Hatch used 3,900 hours of labor at a total cost of $40,400. What is Hatch's total labor variance
Answer: $1,794.40 Unfavorable
Explanation:
Total labor variance = Actual cost of labor - Standard cost of labor
Actual cost of labor = $40,400
Standard cost of labor = Hours per unit * Cost per hour * Number of units
= 2.2 * 10.70 * 1,640
= $38,605.60
Total labor variance = 40,400 - 38,605.60
= $1,794.40 Unfavorable
Unfavorable because actual cost of labor was greater than the standard cost.
Situation 1: There is a Head of Human Resource (HR) in a recognized Multinational National Company (MNC). You are a marketing executive in that company. You have made a communication with the HR regarding an emergency short time leave in a Critical moment of the Company’s turnover.
In this case how you will communicate with him and convince him to provide you a short-term leave. The things to be aware of.
1. HR is a rudy person.
2. He isn't very familiar with you.
3. Company is now at a Critical Moment and there is a lot of turnovers.
4. HR is about the age of 45+
And also provide an alternative answer if the situation gets negative over you.
Ans.
Answer:
As a marketing executive of the company looking to beg an emergency leave from a HR person who is considered to be rudy, unfamiliar with me, 45+ age and also that the company is experiencing a lot of turnovers, the best way to approach the HR would be to:
1. Write an official letter to him making the intentions clear.
2. Politely ask him to consider your request even though you two are not very familiar with each other.
3. Stress the importance of the emergency and why you have to leave.
Based on this model, households earn income when firms __________ purchase goods and services ___________in markets for factors of production. Suppose Caroline earns $625 per week working as jewelry appraiser for Classy's Jewelry Store. She uses $10 to get her car washed at Spotless Car Wash. Spotless Car Wash pays Antonio $275 per week to wash cars. Antonio uses $150 to purchase a necklace from Classy's Jewelry Store.
Identify whether each of the following events in this scenario occurs in the market for factors of production or the market for goods and services.
Event Market for Factors of Production Market for Goods and Services
Caroline spends $10 to get her car washed.
Antonio spends $150 to purchase a necklace from Classy's Jewelry Store.
Antonio earns $275 per week working for Spotless Car Wash.
Which of the elements of this scenario represent a flow from a household to a firm? This could be a flow of dollars, inputs, or outputs.
i. The car wash Caroline receives
ii. The $275 per week
iii. Antonio earns working for Spotless Car wash
The $150 Antonio spends to purchase a necklace from Classy's Jewelry Store
The actual economy is more complicated than the one illustrated in the previous circular-flow diagram of a simple economy
True / False
Answer and Explanation:
Market for Factors of Production:
Antonio earns $275 per week working for Spotless Car Wash.
Market for Goods and Services:
Caroline spends $10 to get her car washed.
Antonio spends $150 to purchase a necklace from Classy's Jewelry Store.
Which of the elements of this scenario represent a flow from a household to a firm?
The $150 Antonio spends to purchase a necklace from Classy's Jewelry Store
The actual economy is more complicated than the one illustrated in the previous circular-flow diagram of a simple economy - false
The circular flow of income represents the flow of economic exchanges between economic agents in the economy. If a household provides the labor factor of production, it is paid and uses the same money to purchase from the same firms that produce goods and services. This is a cycle and actually doesn't get more complex than this in real life, only involves alot more firms or economic agents.
A local car dealer advertised a late model full-size pickup truck which it had taken as a trade-in on a new vehicle purchase in the newspaper for $21,000.00. However, a salesman learned of a man who was seeking that particular model of truck and arranged for him to come and look at the truck the next day. In the meantime, another person, having seen the advertisement came to the dealership and offered to pay the advertised price. The salesman refused to sell the truck for $21,000.00 because he believed that the other person would pay at least $22,000.00. As explained in chapters 11 and 12, legally the dealership could do this because an advertisement is not an offer. Ads sure look like offers. Why do you think the law has the doctrine that ads are not offers
Answer:
In his article Is an ad an Offer? Why it's, and Why It Matters, Jay M. Feinman and Stephen R. Brill straightaway state that a billboard is a suggestion. The writers cite the instance of the Hornbook's law that contends that an ad isn't a suggestion. This law argues that "if goods are advertised purchasable at a particular price, it's not a suggestion, and no contract is made by the statement of an intending purchaser". The courts, generally, don't consider ads as offers.
Explanation:
Rather ads are a call for participation in business negotiations. This makes practical sense. Consider: if advertisements were offers, someone who saw a commercial for "Delicious Apples" could say: "I accept your offer to get delicious apples, and if they are not delicious, I'll sue!" nobody would be ready to conduct business or advertise products. Courts and students justify the rule on two principal grounds: a typical advertisement is just too general to be a suggestion and there no limitation on what percentage people may accept by trying to shop for it.
I think this law should be changed since it misleads people and their expectations. By seeing a billboard I'm going for purchasing the merchandise whose rate was also given, the dealer says that he has already sold to somebody else who more. during this example, the salesperson just refused to sell the truck against the advertised price of $21,000 since he had the offer of $22,000 isn't only unethical but against the business norms. Either the law should be changed in this regard or there should be a stop to such misleading advertisements.
A marketing team at a carwash company was brainstorming better methods to identify what influenced their customers. The team discussed the social and personal factors of various customers and their decisions. What additional factors should the team discuss?
a. situational factors
b. psychological factors
c. personal factors
Find the next year's net income for XYZ Inc. Next year, the sales grow by 25%. The current sales $300 million, and the current profit margin is 10% and you expect it to remain constant.
Answer: $37.5 million
Explanation:
The next year's net income for XYZ will be calculated as follows:
Current sales = $300 million
Current Profit margin = 10%
Sales Growth rate = 25%
The next year's sales will be:
= Current Year's Sales × (1 + Sales Growth rate)
= $300 million × (1 + 0.25)
= $300 million × 1.25
= $375 million
Next Year's Net Income will then be:
= $375 million × 10%
= $37.5 million
Skyline Florists uses an activity-based costing system to compute the cost of making floral bouquets and delivering the bouquets to its commercial customers. Company personnel who earn $180,000 typically perform both tasks; other firm-wide overhead is expected to total $70,000. These costs are allocated as follows:
Bouquet Production Delivery Other
Wages and salaries 60% 30% 10%
Other overhead 50% 35% 15%
Riverside anticipates making 20,000 bouquets and 4,000 deliveries in the upcoming year. The cost of wages and salaries and other overhead that would be charged to each bouquet made is closest to:
a. $12.50.
b. $7.15.
c. some other amount.
d. $8.75.
e. $13.75.
Answer:
b. $7.15
Explanation:
Cost of wages & salaries per bouquet = [($180,000*60%) + ($70,000*50%)] / 20,000
Cost of wages & salaries per bouquet = ($108,000 + $35,000) / 20,000
Cost of wages & salaries per bouquet = $143,000 / 20,000
Cost of wages & salaries per bouquet = $7.15
So, the cost of wages and salaries and other overhead that would be charged to each bouquet made will be $7.15.
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On August 1, Lola Company’s assets are $30,000 and its liabilities are $10,000. On August 4, Lola issues a sustainability report. On August 5, ownership invests $3,000 cash and $7,000 of equipment in Lola. After the investment, what is the amount of equity for Lola?
Answer: $30,000
Explanation:
Before the investment, Equity was:
= Assets - Liabilities
= 30,000 - 10,000
= $20,000
The owner then invested $3,000 and $7,000 therefore making a total of $10,000.
Equity becomes
= 20,000 + 10,000
= $30,000
The equity is $30,000
Lola's company assets are $30,000
The liabilities are $10,000
Equity= $30,000-$10,000
= $20,000
On August 5, ownership invests $3,000 in cash and $7,000 in equipment
= $3,000+$7,000
= $10,000
The amount of equity for Lola is
= $20,000+$10,000
= $30,000
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World-Tour Co. has just now paid a dividend of $2.83 per share (Div0); its dividends are expected to grow at a constant rate of 6% per year forever. If the required rate of return on the stock is 16%, what is the current value of the stock after paying the dividend
Jamie is single. In 2020, she reported $108,000 of taxable income, including a long-term capital gain of $5,800. What is her gross tax liability
Answer:Jamie's gross tax liability is $19,572.50
Explanation:
Since Jamie is single with taxable income of $108,000 which includes $5,800 long term capital gain.
Therefore $102,200 (108,000 -5,800) will be taxed under normal tax rates and $5,800 would be under long term capital gain tax rate.
With regards the 2020 tax schedule, Since her ordinary income is $102,200, Jamie falls under 24% rate tax bracket under filing for single status.
qd
Tax liability on ordinary income =$14,382.50 plus 24% of any income you made above $84,200
14,382.50 + 0.24 (102,200 - 84,200)
14,382.50 + 0.24 x 18000
= 14,382.50 + 4,320
= $18,702.50
Also, according to her income, longterm capital gain tax applicable in 2020 is 15%
Tax on long term capital gain = 5,800 × 0.15
= $870
Jamie's gross tax liability is $18,702.50 + 870 = $19,572.50
Match each description 1 through 6 with the characteristic of preferred stock that it best describes by writing the letter of that characteristic in the blank next to each description.
A. Callable
B. Convertible
C. Cumulative
D. Noncumulative
E. Nonparticipating
F. Participating
_____ 1. Holders of the stock are entitled to receive current and all past dividends before common stockholders receive any dividends.
_____ 2. The issuing corporation can retire the stock by paying a prespecified price.
_____ 3. Holders of the stock can receive dividends exceeding the stated rate under certain conditions.
_____ 4. Holders of the stock are not entitled to receive dividends in excess of the stated rate.
_____ 5. Holders of this stock can exchange it for shares of common stock.
_____ 6. Holders of the stock lose any dividends that are not declared in the current year.
Answer and Explanation:
The classification is as follows
a. In the callable, the corporation who issued could retired the stock by payoff the mentioned price
b. In the convertible, the stockholders could able to exchange for the common stock shares
c. In the cumulative, the stockholders should received the current as well as the past dividends prior to the common stockholders
d. In the non-cumulative, the stockholders should lose the dividend that not declared in the present year
e. In the non-participating, the stockholders should not received any dividend that more than the stated rate
f. In the participating, the stockholder should received any dividend that more than the stated rate
If a bank has a required reserve ratio of 25 percent and there is $10,000 in deposits, what is the maximum amount of loans that can be made by this bank
Answer: $40,000
Explanation:
Based on the information given in the question, the maximum amount of loans that can be made by this bank will be calculated as:
= Deposit × 1/Reserve ratio
= $10000 × 1/25%
= $10000 × 1/0.25
= $10000 × 4
= $40000
Therefore, the maximum increase in money supply is $40000.
Investment Center Sales Income Average Invested Assets Electronics $ 40,500,000 $ 2,916,000 $ 16,200,000 Sporting goods 20,740,000 2,074,000 12,200,000 1. Compute return on investment for each department. Using return on investment, which department is most efficient at using assets to generate returns for the company
Answer and Explanation:
The computation of the return on investment is shown below;
We know that
Return on Investment is
= (Net Income ÷ Average Operating Assets] × 100
For Electronics
= [$29,16,000 ÷ 162,00,000] × 100
= 18%
And,
For Sporting goods
= [$20,74,000 ÷ 122,00,000] × 100
= 17%
So here the electronics department should be selected as it has high return on investment
A company purchased equipment valued at $66000. It traded in old equipment for a $9000 trade in allowance. The old equipment cost $44000 and accumulated depreciation of $36000. This transaction has commercial substance. What is the recorded value of the new equipment?
Answer:
11000.
Explanation:
Is the answer to this question
A buyer has decided to offer $335,000 for a home that she really likes. The bank will loan her 80% of the purchase price for 30 years at 5% interest. What will be the amount of her principal and interest payment if the requirement is $5.68 per thousand of the loan amount?
Answer:
We have:
Amount of principal = $268,000
Interest payment = $1,522.24
Explanation:
These can be calculated as follows:
Loan principal = Cost of the home * Percentage to borrow = $335,000 * 80% = $268,000
Interest payment = (Loan principal / $1,000) * $5.68 = ($268,000 / $1,000) * $5.68 = 268 * $5.68 = $1,522.24
Therefore, we have:
Amount of principal = $268,000
Interest payment = $1,522.24
A company purchased property for $100,000. The property included a building, a parking lot, and land. The building was appraised at $60,000; the land at $46,600, and the parking lot at $18,400. Land should be recorded in the accounting records with an allocated cost of
Answer:
$37,280
Explanation:
We use the appraised values to apportion the Purchase Cost of the Property to determine the Cost of Land as follows :
Land Cost = $46,600 / $125,000 x $100,000
= $37,280
Land should be recorded in the accounting records with an allocated cost of $37,280.
In 2010 the Federal Reserve Board (the Fed) reported that nonfinancial companies in the United States had around $2 trillion in cash and short-term liquid assets. As the U.S. economy was still struggling, consumer spending remained low, and companies resisted in investing in new projects that would create value for their stakeholders.
As the economy improves, uncertainty in the markets decreases, and companies will start investing in projects. However, the challenge of analyzing and selecting projects that would generate cash flows and returns and add value to the firm would remain.
The assumptions in the analysis about cost of equity and debt—overall and for projects—have a significant impact on the type and the value of investments that a company makes.
According to the Association of Finance Professionals’ report, published in 2011 on current trends in estimating and applying the cost of capital, companies use a discount rate that is usually above or below 1% of the company’s true rate. Using this information and certain inputs from the Fed, Michael Jacobs and Anil Shivdasani estimated that a 1% drop in the cost of capital leads U.S. companies to increase their investment by about $150 million over three years.
Based on your understanding of the concept of cost of capital, which of the following statements are valid?
a. Companies always use the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) as the discount rate to analyze the financial viability of projects.
b. A company’s estimate of cost of capital impacts its application in the analysis of new investments that, consequently, affects the value of the firm and shareholders’ wealth.
c. Investors care about the incremental value addition that new projects are making; they are least concerned with the discount rates that the company uses.
d. Companies incorporate the required rate of return in the cost of capital to compensate investors for the components’ risks.
Answer:
b. A company’s estimate of cost of capital impacts its application in the analysis of new investments that, consequently, affects the value of the firm and shareholders’ wealth. d. Companies incorporate the required rate of return in the cost of capital to compensate investors for the components’ risks.Explanation:
A company's estimate of cost of capital, is serious because it is used in the calculations of the returns from a new investment which is used to calculate the value of the firm and its shareholders. They therefore need to make these estimates as accurate as possible.
Companies also incorporate the required rate of return in the cost of capital so that the investors who provided this capital, can be ensured of a return on their investment because it would be accounted for in analysis of new investments.
Compute the payback period for each of these two separate investments:
a. A new operating system for an existing machine is expected to cost $290,000 and have a useful life of four years. The system yields an incremental after-tax income of $83,653 each year after deducting its straight-line depreciation. The predicted salvage value of the system is $11,000.
b. A machine costs $200,000, has a $15,000 salvage value, is expected to last eleven years, and will generate an after-tax income of $46,000 per year after straight-line depreciation.
Answer:
1.89 years
3.18 years
Explanation:
Payback calculates the amount of time it takes to recover the amount invested in a project from it cumulative cash flows
Payback period = Amount invested / cash flow
Cash flow = net income + depreciation
Straight line depreciation expense = (Cost of asset - Salvage value) / useful life
(290,000 -11,000) / 4 = 69,750
Cash flow = $83,653 + 69,750 = 153,403
Payback = $290,000 / 153,403 = 1.89
(200,000 - 15,000) / 11 = 16,818.18
Cash flow = $46,000 + 16,818.18 = 62,818.18
Payback = 200,000 / 62,818.18 = 3.18
1.57
Following is information from Intel Corporation for 2016 ($ in millions). Total revenue $59,387 Projected revenue growth rate 5.0% Net operating profit margin (NOPM) 17.3% Net operating assets (NOA) $83,316 Net operating asset turnover (NOAT) 0.74 Projected net operating profit after tax (NOPAT) for 2017 is:
Answer:
the Projected net operating profit after tax (NOPAT) is $10,788
Explanation:
The computation of the Projected net operating profit after tax (NOPAT) is given below:
= Total revenue × (1 + growth rate) × net operating profit margin
= $59,387 × (1 + 0.05) × 17.3%
= $62,356.35 × 17.3%
= $10,788
Hence, the Projected net operating profit after tax (NOPAT) is $10,788
A network externality occurs when: Select one: A. there is production cost savings from being networked with suppliers B. the usefulness of a good is affected by how many others use the good C. the usefulness of a good is affected by celebrities who use the good D. there is production cost savings from being networked with buyers. Clear my choice Previous page
Answer:
B
Explanation:
SureLock Manufacturing Co. makes and sells several models of locks. The cost records for the ZForce lock show that manufacturing costs total $19.62 per lock. An analysis of this amount indicates that $11.90 of the total cost has a variable cost behavior pattern, and the remainder is an allocation of fixed manufacturing overhead. The normal selling price of this model is $29.00 per lock. A chain store has offered to buy 14,000 ZForce locks from SureLock at a price of $15.75 each to sell in a market that would not compete with SureLock’s regular business. SureLock has manufacturing capacity available and could make these locks without incurring additional fixed manufacturing overhead.
Required:
a. Calculate the effect on SureLock’s operating income of accepting the order from the chain store.
b. If SureLock’s costs had not been classified by cost behavior pattern, is it likely that a correct special order analysis would have been made? Explain your answer.
c. Identify the key qualitative factors that SureLock managers should consider with respect to this special order decision.
Answer:
a. $53900
Explanation:
a. the effect on surelocks operating income
$15.75 - $11.9
= $3.85*14000 zforce locks
= $53900
the operating income has risen by 53900 dolars
b. the correct special order analysis can only come in if the the actual cost that was made on the special order was stated. If not the decison cannot be tken rightly given that the total cost and the fixed manufacturing cost is higher than that of the special order price for selling. the special order is not going to be accepted given this reason. So a correct special order analysis would not be made.
c. the key qualitative factors are
selling cost for each lock for this special order and also the variable costs.
