Answer: related diversification project
Explanation:
Related diversification simply means the scenario whereby a firm moves into a new industry which possesses vital similarities with the existing industry of the firm.
In this case, since Cherrywood Fine Furniture Company has excess capacity in its plant and equipment for furniture manufacturing, then this can be used for related diversification project.
Martha had an important meeting after lunch and wanted to avoid the hassle of waiting in line to get a meal at the cafeteria. Hence, she bought a sandwich from a vending machine that was costlier than the meal at the cafeteria. Which of the following influenced Martha's purchase decision?
A. Psychological costs.
B. Quality costs.
C. Behavioral costs.
D. Time costs.
Answer:
D
Explanation:
What does the president consider to be the most important criterion when making political appointments to the bureaucracy?
Answer:
loyalty to the President
Explanation:
The President of the United States makes all the important political appointment of the bureaucracy to the Government offices. He does that appointing his favorite officials to the offices of the United States different federal agencies. One of the most important criteria that the President considers while appointing the bureaucracy officials is "loyalty to the President."
The President seeks those people who are loyal to him and follows every orders and advices of the President. The President keeps in mind that no one disobeys him and follows his order without any hesitations.
Thus the answer is "loyalty to the President."
A 22-year old college student has been promised a $1 million check at this 50thbirthday (28years from today). What is the present value of the $1 million today assuming an interest rate of 5%
Answer:
$255,093.64
Explanation:
Calculation to determine the present value of $1 million today
Using Financial calculator
PV = PV (rate, nper, pmt, fv, type)
Where,
FV = $1,000,000
Annual Interest rate = 5%
Number of periods = 28
Let plug in the formula
PV = PV (5%, 28, 0, -1000000, 0)
PV= $255093.64
Therefore the Present value of $1 million today is $255,093.64
If a company sells its smart phones for $400 and the phones have a COGS of $250, how many additional phones would the company have to sell if it decided to spend an extra $150,000 on advertising to promote the phones
Answer:
Units to be sold= 1,000
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
Selling price= $400
COGS= $250
Increase in costs= $150,000
To calculate the number of units to be sold to cover the incremental costs, we need to use the following formula:
Units to be sold= increase in costs/ contribution margin per unit
Units to be sold= 150,000 / (400 - 250)
Units to be sold= 1,000
In order to use moving averages to forecast a time series, the first step is to select the order k, the number of time series values to be included in the moving average.
a) true
b) false
Hadley Corporation, which has only one product, has provided the following data concerning its most recent month of operations: Selling price $ 185 Units in beginning inventory 100 Units produced 1,970 Units sold 1,380 Units in ending inventory 690 Variable costs per unit: Direct materials $ 75 Direct labor $ 32 Variable manufacturing overhead $ 12 Variable selling and administrative expense $ 11 Fixed costs: Fixed manufacturing overhead $ 19,700 Fixed selling and administrative expense $ 30,360 What is the total period cost for the month under variable costing?
Answer:
Total period cost for the month $65,240
Explanation:
Product cost under variable costing = Direct materials + Direct labor + Variable overheads
Period cost under variable costing = Fixed manufacturing overheads + All non manufacturing overheads (Variable and fixed)
Calculation of the total period cost using variable costing
Variable selling and administrative expense ($11 × 1,380 units)
$15,180
Fixed manufacturing overhead
$19,700
Fixed selling and administrative expense
$30,360
Total period cost for the month
$65,240
A government bond issued in France has a coupon rate of 5% (paid annually) and a face value of 100 euros, and it matures in 5 years. Calculate the price of the bond (in euros) if the yield to maturity is 3.5%.
Answer:
Bond Price= 106.77
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
Face value= 100
Coupon= 100*0.05= 5
Yield To Maturity= 0.035
Years to maturity= 5 years
To calculate the price of the bond, we need to use the following formula:
Bond Price= cupon*{[1 - (1+i)^-n] / i} + [face value/(1+i)^n]
Bond Price= 5*{[1 - (1.035^-5)] / 0.035} + [100/(1.035^5)]
Bond Price= 22.57 + 84.2
Bond Price= 106.77
Consider two college roommates, one who smokes and one who does not. The smoker wishes to smoke in the room, and the nonsmoker dislikes smoking in the room. Suppose the smoker would be willing to pay $500 to be allowed to smoke in the room during the semester, and the nonsmoker would be willing to pay $600 to keep the room smoke-free. What should happen in the socially optimal outcome
Answer:
The socially optimal outcome is that there will be no smoking in the room.
Explanation:
The above answer is based on the willingness of the nonsmoker to ensure that no smoking happens in the room. For instance, the nonsmoker can pay off the smoker, paying $600 to dissuade him from smoking in the room. On the contrary, the smoker is only willing to cough out $500, which is less than $600, in order to smoke in the room. Under social optimality, the nonsmoker wins this game.
Finley Company
End-of-Period Spreadsheet
For the Year Ended December 31
Adjusted Trial Balance Income Statement Balance Sheet
Account Title Debit Credit Debit Credit Debit Credit
Cash 48,000 48,000
Accounts
Receivable 18,000 18,000
Supplies 6,000 6,000
Equipment 57,000 57,000
Accumulated Depreciation 18,000 18,000
Accounts Payable 25,000 25,000
Wages Payable 6,000 6,000
Common Stock 30,000 30,000
Retained Earnings 3,000 3,000
Dividends 3,000 3,000
Fees Earned 155,000 155,000
Wages Expense 63,000 63,000
Rent Expense 27,000 27,000
Depreciation
Expense 15,000 15,000
Totals 237,000 237,000 105,000 155,000 132,000 82,000
Net Income (Loss) 50,000 50,000
155,000 155,000 132,000 132,000
The entry to close Dividends would be:_____.
a. debit Retained Earnings, $3,000; credit Common Stock, $3,000.
b. debit Common Stock, $3,000; credit Retained Earnings, $3,000.
c. debit Dividends, $3,000; credit Retained Earnings, $3,000.
d. debit Retained Earnings, $3,000; credit Dividends, $3,000.
Answer:
d. debit Retained Earnings, $3,000; credit Dividends, $3,000.
Explanation:
The journal entry to close the dividend account should be
Retained earnings Dr $3,000
To Dividend $3,000
(being the closing of the dividend account is recorded)
here the retained earning is debited as it decreased the stockholder equity and dividend is credited as it is closed
The current price of an annual coupon bond is 100. The derivative of the price of the bond with respect to the yield to maturity is -700.The yield to maturity is an annual effective rate of 8%. Calculate the duration of the bond.
Answer:
The duration of the bond = 7.56 years
Explanation:
Given the current price = 100
DM = -1 x Current derivative price / Current price
DM = (-1 x -$700 / $100)
DM = 7
Now, D = DM (1 + r)
D = 7 (1 + 0.08)
D = 7.56
The duration of the bond = 7.56 years
A 15-year semi-annual coupon bond pays a coupon rate of 7%. The par value of the bond is $1,000. If similar bonds are currently yielding 6%, what is the market value of the bond
Answer:
Bond Price= $1,098.01
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
Coupon= (0.07/2)*1,000= $35
YTM= 0.06/2= 0.03
n= 15*2= 30
Face value= $1,000
To calculate the price of the bond, we need to use the following formula:
Bond Price= cupon*{[1 - (1+i)^-n] / i} + [face value/(1+i)^n]
Bond Price= 35*{[1 - (1.03^-30)] / 0.03} + (1,000 / (1.03^30)]
Bond Price= 686.02 + 411.99
Bond Price= $1,098.01
The price elasticity of demand for a good is likely to be elastic __________.
A. the budget share spent on the good.
B. the number of close substitutes for the good.
C. the available time during which consumers can adjust.
D. all of the above.
Answer:
The price elasticity of demand for a good is likely to be elastic :
A. the greater the proportion of budget share spent on the good.
B. the greater the number of close substitutes for the good.
C. the longer the available time during which consumers can adjust.
Explanation:
Price elasticity of demand measures the responsiveness of quantity demanded to changes in price of the good.
Price elasticity of demand = percentage change in quantity demanded / percentage change in price
If the absolute value of price elasticity is greater than one, it means demand is elastic. Elastic demand means that quantity demanded is sensitive to price changes.
Demand is inelastic if a small change in price has little or no effect on quantity demanded. The absolute value of elasticity would be less than one
Demand is unit elastic if a small change in price has an equal and proportionate effect on quantity demanded.
Infinitely elastic demand is perfectly elastic demand. Demand falls to zero when price increases
Perfectly inelastic demand is demand where there is no change in the quantity demanded regardless of changes in price.
Price is more elastic in the long run than in the short run because consumers have more time to search for suitable alternatives
The more close substitutes a good has, the more elastic its demand. This is because if price is increased, consumers can easily shift to the consumption of an alternative product
the greater the proportion of budget share spent on the good, the more elastic the demand for the good
Outsourcing of jobs from large corporations to domestic subcontractors has been one reason job have been become more insecure in the U.S. recently.
a. true
b. false
Answer:
a. true
Explanation:
In Business management, outsourcing can be defined as a process which involves an agreement between two companies that allows for the provision of services or job functions by another.
When a company is outsourced, it engages the service of another company (third-party) to perform some of its duties rather than the use of an in-house department or employees to handle them. The outsourcing firm is saddled with the responsibility of physically distributing the goods or services of the outsourced company.
Hence, outsourcing simply means the use of supply chain partners of a large corporation to provide products or services for the end users or consumers.
In the United States of America, outsourcing of jobs and services from large corporations to domestic subcontractors (outsourcing companies) is one of the main reason job have become more insecure recently.
A firm just paid its annual dividend of $1.80 and expects to increase that dividend each year. The discount rate is 11 percent. Which one of these correctly identifies an error when computing the current value of this firm's stock?
a. Po = $1.80/(0.11 -0.03): The growth rate exceeds its limitation.
b. Po = ($1.80 x 1.12(0.11 -0.03); The growth rate in the denominator should be 12 percent to match the growth rate in the numerator.
c. Po = ($1.80 x (1 +.09)[0.11 -.09); The growth rate exceeds it limitation for using this formula
d. Po = $1.80/(0.11 -0.025); The value of Dt, is incorrect as $1.80 equals Do.
Answer:
d. Po = $1.80/(0.11 -0.025); The value of D1, is incorrect as $1.80 equals Do.
Explanation:
Calculation to correctly identifies which one of these is an error when computing the current value of this firm's stock
P0 = $1.80/(0.11 - 0.025)
P0 = $1.80/0.085
P0=$9.76
Therefore Based on the information given Po = $1.80/(0.11 -0.025); because The value of D1, is INCORRECT as $1.80 equals Do.
McoLawn Ltd manufactures a single product, an ecologically designed electronic lawn-mower, which they sell for £40. The variable costs of the lawn-mower are as follows: Fixed costs are £140,000. McoLawn Ltd. have budgeted profits for the coming year at £120,000. How many lawn-mowers must McoLawn Ltd. sell in order to reach budgeted profit levels? Group of answer choices
Answer: 20,000 lawn mowers
Explanation:
The formula for calculating the number of lawn mowers needed to reached the budgeted profit levels is:
= (Fixed costs + Budgeted profit) / Contribution margin
Contribution margin = Selling price - Variable cost
= 40 - (14 + 8 + 5)
= 40 - 27
= $13
Number of lawn-mowers required:
= (140,000 + 120,000) / 13
= 20,000 lawn mowers
Cost accumulation is the determination of the dollar amounts of direct materials, direct labor and overhead costs, and cost measurement is the recognition and recording of costs. True False
Answer:
true......................
Julio purchased a stock one year ago for $27. The stock is now worth $32, and the total return to Julio for owning the stock was 37 percent. What is the dollar amount of dividends that he received for owning the stock during the year
Answer:
$5
Explanation:
Calculation to determine the dollar amount of dividends that he received for owning the stock during the year
First step is to calculate the total profit earned
Total profit=$27*37%
Total profit=$10
Second step is calculate the Value of stock with profits earned
Value of stock=$27+$10
Value of stock=$37
Now let calculate the the dollar amount of dividends
Dividend=$37-$32
Dividend=$5
Therefore the dollar amount of dividends that he received for owning the stock during the year is $5
Lopez Company has Retained Earnings of $48,000 at the end of March, 2020. During the month of April, Lopez has revenues of $72,000 and total operating expenses of $52,000. Lopez also pays its shareholders dividends of $10,000 on April 30. What is Lopez Ending RE = Beg. RE+NI - Div = Beg. RE + (Rev - Exp) - Div = 10,000 + (70,00 0-85,000) - 5,000 = (10,000) Company's ending balance of Retained Earnings on April 30?
Answer: $58,000
Explanation:
Ending retained earnings = Beginning retained earnings + Net income - Dividends
Net income = Revenues - Operating expenses
= 72,000 - 52,000
= $20,000
Ending retained earnings = 48,000 + 20,000 - 10,000
= $58,000
The manager of a crew that installs carpeting has tracked the crew’s output over the past several
weeks, obtaining these figures:
Week Crew Size Yards Installed
1 4 96
2 3 72
3 4 92
4 2 50
5 3 69
6 2 52
Compute the labor productivity for each of the weeks. On the basis of your calculations, what can
you conclude about crew size and productivity?
List at least four factors a project manager should consider when identifying individuals to work on a project. Why is each important
Answer:
The four elements to consider when identifying individuals to be part of a project team:
ability to communicate effectivelySelf Assuredness, experience, and ability, Organizational agilityEmotional IntelligenceExplanation:
1. Communication is essential because in a project if there is a miscommunication between one person, group, or team and another, that could prove fatal to the goal of the project.
Communication is verbal and non-verbal and (in a project and as with most organizations) must happen across both sides of the spectrum horizontally and vertically.
For example, when expectations are not clarified or there are assumptions about what one person or team said or expects, this could lead to project disruption. When too much is also divulged, a project can go belly-up.
2. Experience and ability are key but they are not enough. Each team member must be confident in what they believe is right. Sometimes, senior members of a team may want a course of action (that is detrimental) to be executed. A junior team member who is not self-assured may think, "it's coming from above, what can one do?" this type of thinking can be very costly.
A self-assured team player would stand for what is right and in the best interest of the team and the project even at the risk of being fired.
3. Organisational Agility
It is impossible to keep a messy itenary and achieve project success.
The ability to know exactly what needs to be done in succession is an invaluable trait of project team members. This prevents waste of time and resources.
4. Emotional Intelligence
Successful team players are also successful leaders. The most cohesive teams are teams that comprise of highly emotionally intelligent people. One of the benefits of emotional intelligence is that it helps the individual to know how to regulate their own behaviors as well as respond to those of others. It is also critical to motivating others to get the job done.
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A natural monopoly arises whenA. a single firm aggressively forces other competitors to exit and industry.B. a single firm has a monopoly over natural resources.C. two firms merge into a single firm in order to capture more of the market.D. a single firm can produce more cheaply than multiple firms due to a downward-sloping average total cost curve.
Answer:
D
Explanation:
A monopoly is when there is only one firm operating in an industry. there are usually high barriers to entry of firms. the demand curve is downward sloping. it sets the price for its goods and services.
An example of a monopoly is a utility company
A natural monopoly occurs due to the high start-up costs or a large economies of scale.
Natural monopolies are usually the only company providing a service in a particular region
Characteristics of natural monopolies
they have a large fixed cost The firms have a low marginal costThey occur naturally through the free market. It does not occur by government regulation or any other forceCritical Chain Project Management (CCPM) attempts to keep the most highly demanded resource busy on critical chain activities, but not overloaded.
a. True
b. False
Answer:
True
Explanation:
Critical-Chain
This was introduced or originated by Eli Goldratt in 1997. Its aim is to challenges conventional project management approaches and absolute dependence on TOC principles. The idea of what to change or eliminated is the largely rooted behaviors that is common with the traditional project management practices. It is very multitasking anf it is the longest string of reliance that occur on the project.
Critical- Chain Approach
This approach simply covers project network as it ca be limited by both resource and technical reliance/dependencies. each type of limitations can create task reliance.
The Summary of Critical Chain Approach
1.) use Aggressive but Possible Times (ABPT) for task durations
2.) identify the critical chain by accounting for resource dependencies
3.) use buffer management to track project progress etc.
MLX has annual sales of $320 million per year and has calculated the collection float to be 12 days. If MLX is currently paying 9.35% on its line of credit, what amount of interest expense could be saved if the collection float is reduced by 3 days? (Assume 365 days per year.
Answer:
The right solution is "$245,917.81".
Explanation:
According to the question,
Interest,
= 9.35%
Sales,
= 320000000
Float reduction,
= 3
Now,
Saving in interest will be:
= [tex]Sales\times Interest\times \frac{Float \ reduction}{365}[/tex]
By substituting the values, we get
= [tex]320000000\times 9.35 \ percent\times \frac{3}{365}[/tex]
= [tex]245,917.81[/tex] ($)
Ormand Organic Grocery has invested in a yogurt stand for its store. The investment cost the company $100,000. Variable materials, preparation, and marketing costs are expected to be $1.30 per unit and fixed costs are estimated at $7,400 a year. If actual sales were 21,400 servings, what would the ROI be using the sales price of $2.40
Answer:
15.4%
Explanation:
Calculation to determine what would the ROI be
ROI=[ ( $2.40 - $1.30) * 21,400 - $7,400]/100,000
ROI=($1.1 * 14,000)/100,000
ROI=$15,400/100,000
ROI=0.154*100
ROI=15.4%
Therefore the ROI would be 15.4%
Dragon Sports Inc. manufactures and sells two products, baseball bats and baseball gloves. The fixed costs are $57,000, and the sales mix is 70% bats and 30% gloves. The unit selling price and the unit variable cost for each product are as follows:
Products Unit Selling Price Unit Variable Cost
Bats $50 $50
Gloves 100 80
a. Compute the break-even sales (units) for both products combined.
b. How many units of each product, baseball bats and baseball gloves, would be sold at break even point?
Answer and Explanation:
The computation is shown below:
Contribution Margin for Bat
= $50 - $50
= $0
Contribution Margin for Gloves = $100 - $80
= $20
Now
Overall Contribution Margin = (0 ×70%) + ($20 × 30%)
= $0 + $6
= $6
Now
A. Break even sales = Fixed cost ÷ contribution margin
= $57,000 ÷ $6
= 9,500
B.Baseball bats = 9,500 × 70% =6,650
Baseball Gloves = 9,500 × 30% = 2,850
Two alternate plans are available for increasing the capacity of existing water transmission lines between an unlimited source and a reservoir. The unlimited source is at a higher elevation then the reservoir. Plan A calls for the construction of a parallel pipeline and flow by gravity. Plan B specifies construction of a booster pumping station. Estimated cost for the two plans are as follows: Hint: Use Present Worth- (do not guess show all your work) i=10%
Plan A : Cost $700,000, Life 40 Years, Annual Operation and Repair $1,000/Year
Plan B: Cost $200,000, Life 40 Years Structure and 20 years equipment, Equipment replacement at the end of 20 years $75,000, Annual Operation and Repairs 52,000/year
a. Plan A $709,779.00
b. Plan A $740,000
c. Plan B $710,165.50
d. Plan B $326,000
Answer:
plan a
Explanation:
present worth of plan A= 700000+1000(p/a,10%,40)
= 700000+1000*9.779
= 700000+9779
= 709779 dollars
present worth of plan b = 200000+75000(p/f,10%,20)+52000/year(p/a,10%,40)
= 200000+75000*0.1486+52000*9.779
= 719653 dollars.
we compare the pw of both a and b, from the solutions above, the present worth of plan a is smaller than that of plan b, so the best option is plan a, $709,779.00
Since its establishment on January 1, 1999, the euro has more than tripled in appreciation against the U.S. dollar, reaffirming the ability of the European Central Bank to manage monetary policy within the euro zone.
A. True
B. False
Answer:
B. False
Explanation:
The exchange rate between the euro and the dollar was 1.1719 dollars per 1 euro. Currently, the exchange rate is 1.18 dollars per euro. The euro has appreciated slightly against the US dollar, but it is a small percentage. It is not even close to multiplying its value by 3.
company reports the following beginning inventory and two purchases for the month of January. On January 26, the company sells 350 units. Ending inventory at January 31 totals 150 units. Units Unit Cost Beginning inventory on January 1 320 $ 3.00 Purchase on January 9 80 3.20 Purchase on January 25 100 3.34 Required: Assume the periodic inventory system is used. Determine the costs assigned to ending inventory when costs are assigned based on the weighted average method. (Round per unit costs to 2 decimal places. Amounts to be deducted should be indicated with a minus sign.)
Answer:
Company A
The cost assigned to Ending Inventory under periodic inventory system and based on the weighted average method is:
= $465
Explanation:
a) Data and Calculations:
Units Unit Cost Total Costs
Beginning inventory on January 1 320 $ 3.00 $960 (320 * $3.00)
Purchase on January 9 80 3.20 256 (80 * $3.20)
Purchase on January 25 100 3.34 334 (100 * $3.34)
Total 500 $3.10 $1,550 ($1,550/500)
Units sold -350 $3.10 -$1,085 (350 * $3.10)
Ending inventory 150 $3.10 $465 (130 * $3.10)
Ethics Learning to recognize ethical issues is the most important step in understanding business ethics.
a. True
b. False
Answer:
A) True
Explanation:
Ethical learning can be regarded as educational proposal that has the purpose of preparing students as regards their future working life , through rendering of help to acquire skills that will give them enablement to perform their professions with responsibility as well as autonomy.
Business ethics can be regarded as study of needed business policies as well as business practices. Subject needed to learn could involves could be corporate social responsibility,corporate governance and others. It should be noted that Ethics Learning to recognize ethical issues is the most important step in understanding business ethics.
Bill’s Mechanical Devices Inc. produces robots for the automotive industry. If its average variable costs are given by AVC = 25, its fixed costs are $2,500, and it charges $75 a robot, what is Bill’s break-even level of output?
Answer:
50 units
Explanation:
The computation of the break even level of output is given below:
TVC = AVC × Q
= 25 × Q
Total cost is
= TVC + FC
= 25Q + $2,500
Total revenue is
= P × Q
= 75Q
Now in Break even
TR = TC
75Q = 25Q + $2,500
Q = $2,500 ÷ 50Q
= 50 units
