<u>Answer:</u>
a.$7,175,000
b.$3,655,000
c.$2,825,000
<u>Explanation:</u>
a.Calculation of Cost of Goods Sold
COGS= Sales - Gross profit
=12375000-5200000
=$7,175,000
Cost of Goods Sold for Creston Inc is $7,175,000
b. Calculation of direct materials cost
Direct Material Cost = Materials purchased - Indirect materials - Materials inventory
=4125000-180000-290000
=$3,655,000
Direct materials cost is $3,655,000
c. Calculation of direct labor cost
Direct labor cost= Total manufacturing costs for the period - Direct materials - factory overhead (Indirect labor + Indirect materials + Other factory overhead)
=7880000-3655000-1400000
=$2825000
Direct labor cost is $2,825,000
Answer:
The endowment fund is not satisfied with the advisor's performance
Explanation:
Judging from a nominal interest rate perspective where return expected of an investment comprises of real rate of return and an extra return which is a compensation for inflation rate in the economy,the endowment fund is not satisfied with performance of the advisor.
The satisfactory rate of return that would be expected of the advisor is computed below:
nominal interest rate=real rate+inflation rate
real rate is 8.2%
inflation rate is 2.9%
nominal interest rate=8.2%+2.9%
=11.10%
Answer:
After taking a Marketing Course, I should be armed with the following promotional skills:
- Innovation Skills: It is expected that a marketing professional should be able to think differently, energise creativity in the business and craft maverick ways of gaining the attention of the market and transform that attention to patronage.
- Market Development Skills: One is also expected to gain the ability to identify and articulate latent customer needs (even before the customers become aware of them), spot socioeconomic trends as well as technological developments which create opportunities for the company as well as for the customer.
- Pricing Technology: Pricing is an art and a science. It involves accounting, economics and psychology. Marketing deals with the economics and psychology bit of it. Armed with this information, one is able to get into the mind of the individual buyers and them to firm up their buying decision.
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8.7%
$26,000 x .085 x 115/360 = $705.97
$26,000 - $705.97 = $25,294.03
$25,294.03 x 115/360 = $8080.04
$705.97/$8080.04 = 8.7%
