Quiz – Chapter 17 – Solution 1. Rider Company sells a single product. The product has a selling price of $40 per unit and variable expenses of $15 per unit. The company’s fixed expenses total $30‚000 per year. The company’s break-even point in terms of total dollar sales is: A) $100‚000. B) $80‚000. C) $60‚000. D) $48‚000. The answer is d. CMR = (P-V)/P = ($40 - $15)/$40 = 62.5% Px = F/ (CMR) Px = $30‚000/.625 = $48‚000 Use the following to answer questions 2-3: Weiss Corporation produces two models
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BUSINESS MATHEMATICS: ASSIGNMENT - “Section” 5.1‚ page 182. (1) Write the general form of a linear function involving five independent variables. (2) Assume that the salesperson in Example 1 (page 177) has a salary goal of $800 per week. If product B is not available one week‚ how many units of product A must be sold to meet the salary goal? If product A is unavailable‚ how many units be sold of product B? (3) Assume in Example 1 (page 177) that the salesperson receives a bonus when combined
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To: Patrick Oray Company: Plastic Composites Inc. From: Jane Doe Date: March 1‚ 2012 RE: Allocation Options for Fixed Manufacturing Overhead Costs Dear Mr. Oray‚ After researching the different methods allowed for you to use in allocating the fixed manufacturing costs to the work in process and finished goods I have come to the conclusion that normal capacity is the best method for your business. First I will define theoretical‚ practical and normal capacity and then I will explain to
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Waterways Continuing Problem 1 Waterways Continuing Problem WCP1 Waterways Corporation is a private corporation formed for the purpose of providing the products and the services needed to irrigate farms‚ parks‚ commercial projects‚ and private homes. It has a centrally located factory in a U.S. city that manufactures the products it markets to retail outlets across the nation. It also maintains a division that provides installation and warranty servicing in six metropolitan areas. The mission
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has 1- the greater fixed costs? 2- The greater variable cost rate? 3-The greater per unit revenue? 1- B 2- B 3- A b. Which provider ha the greater contribution margin? B c. Which provider needs the higher volume to break even? A d. How would the graphs below change if the providers were operating in a discounted fee-for-service environment? In a capitated environment Revenue and Costs ($) Total Costs Loss
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TYPES OF COMPETITIVE STRATEGIES Apple Inc. Cost Leadership Strategy Cost leadership strategy has been highly adopted by Apple Inc in its endeavors of ensuring competitiveness and success in the technology industry. The company’s management has been able to draw policies and strategies that are aimed at ensuring that the company is the lowest cost producer and distributor. • By lowering the cost of production and management‚ Apple Inc has been given golden opportunities on determining prices
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BIODIESEL INCORPORATED Summary Josh‚ Long and Hammond came up with a business idea of manufacturing and distributing biodiesel. The major generation sources‚ petroleum‚ coal‚ natural gas aand nuclear are non renewable resources and have detrimental effects on the environment. The petrochemical fuel industry manifest itself in the form of oil fields and reserves‚ pipelines‚ transport ships‚ and fuelling stations. The whole idea behind the biodiesel was that it can be produced again and it did not
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The average variable cost (AVC) in the short run and long run is ‘U’ shaped. Average variable cost is the total variable cost per unit of output‚ found by dividing total variable cost by the quantity of output. Thus if a firm produces X2 units of a commodity at a total variable cost of TVx2 the AVC of producing these two units of output is given as Average variable cost decreases with additional production at relatively small quantities of output and then eventually increases with relatively
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challenges associated with managing in a business with high fixed costs like airlines? To understand the challenges firms face with regard to high fixed costs we must first have a basic understanding. A fixed cost is a routine cost the company incurs despite production‚ and changes in volume. It is a cost that must be paid routinely‚ but the amount of the expense may vary. Firms with high fixed costs must have complete understanding of what fixed costs exist that will be incurred‚ and how much revenue they
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Running head: VARIABLE COSTS Variable Costs ACC/561 June 12‚ 2012 Variable Costs Any cost which is not fixed and will change in same amount when there is change in production volume is accounted as variable costs. This also means that they change in total rather than per unit whenever there is production or activity change. In production- labor‚ material or overhead could be the variable costs involved in the business. In Fitness center‚ there are different variable costs involved and each
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