1. The chief economist for Argus Corporation‚ a large appliance manufacturer‚ estimated the firm’s short-run cost function for vacuum cleaners using an average variable cost function of the form. AVC= a + bQ+ cQ^2 (the 2 is suppose to be exponent) Where AVC=dollars per vacuum cleaner and Q=number of vacuum cleaners produced each month. Total fixed cost each month is $180‚000. The following results were obtained: Dependent Variable:AVC R-Square
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1/1.5 / ¼.5= .67%/ 22%= 3.05 Ch 22 #7 1. Key Question A firm has fixed costs of $60 and variable costs as indicated in the table on the following page. Complete the table and check your calculations by referring to question 4 at the end of Chapter 23. 1. Graph total fixed cost‚ total variable cost‚ and total cost. Explain how the law of diminishing returns influences the shapes of the variable-cost and total-cost curves Graph AFC‚ AVC‚ ATC‚ and MC. Explain the derivation and shape of each
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Allocation of Fixed Costs ACC 403 Principles of Accounting The articles describe two different approaches: Lean accounting and activity based costing. Both have pros and cons and the selection of "what is best for allocating IT" likely rests with the culture and types of businesses. I personally believe that activity-based costing‚ which essentially casts IT as a variable cost‚ making users sensitive to the requests they make of IT because every request is an incremental cost to their budget
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Health Care Cost Accounting A capitation payment arrangement can be an effective means to control healthcare costs because it allows both the insurer and the employer to predict costs for healthcare services more accurately. When a capitation payment method is used‚ the financial risk of caring for the patient is transferred to the medical delivery system. If the healthcare delivery system does not have a cost accounting system or the ability to develop cost information on each payer and service
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Prime cost. | B | Conversion cost. | C | Period cost. | D | Nonmanufacturing cost. | 2. | Prime cost and conversion cost share what common element of total cost? | A | Direct materials. | B | Direct labor. | C | Variable overhead. | D | Variable overhead. | 3. | On the Schedule of Cost of Goods Manufactured‚ the final Cost of Goods Manufactured figure represents: | A | the amount of cost charged to Work in Process during the period. | B | the amount of cost transferred
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Rising Health Care costs Sandra Stubbs HCA/210 December 1‚ 2011 Evelyn Hoover Rising Health Care costs Some of the driving forces behind rising health care spending are Technology and Prescription drugs‚ chronic disease‚ aging of the population‚ Administrative costs. For several years‚ spending on new medical technology and prescription drugs has been the leading contributor to the increase in overall health spending. (Healthcare reform .gov‚ 2011).longer life spans and greater prevalence
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5.3.4 Variable descriptions Dependent variables Dependent variable is in-patient overall satisfaction measured by 6 items‚ including overall satisfaction with competency of health professionals‚ overall satisfaction with interpersonal care skills of health professionals‚ overall satisfaction with treatment received in the hospital‚ overall satisfaction with hospital physical environment‚ overall satisfaction with admission service in the hospital and overall satisfaction with services of the hospital
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Section B Attempt Any Six Questions (6*5= 30) 1. Company A’s costs are mostly variable‚ whereas Company B’s costs are mostly fixed. When sales increase‚ which company will tend to realize the greatest increase in profits? Explain. 2. Crystal Telecom has budgeted the sales of its innovative mobile phone over the next four months as follows: Sales in Units July. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30‚000 August . . . . . . . . . . . 45‚000 September . . . . . . . . 60‚000 October . . . .
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pricing‚ prestige pricing‚ and above-market pricing? 4 Touché Toiletries Inc. has developed an addition to its Lizardman Cologne line tentatively branded Ode d’Toade Cologne. Unit variable costs are 45 cents for a 3-ounce bottle‚ and heavy advertising expenditures in the first year would result in total fixed costs of $900‚000. Ode d’Toade Cologne is priced at $7.50 for a 3-ounce bottle. How many bottles of Ode d’Toade must be sold to break even? 5 What would be your response to the statement
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President of Marketing for Dysk Compyer‚ Inc must decide whether to introduce a mid-priced 2 version of the firm’s DC6900 minicomputer product line-the DC6900-X minicomputer. The DC6900-X would sell for $ 3900‚ 3 with unit variable costs of $ 1‚800. Projections made by an independent marketing research firm indicate that the DC6900-X 4 would achieve a sales volume of 500‚000 units next year‚ in its first year of commercialization. One-half of the first year’s
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