Answer:
a) Sales volume variance = $1496000 unfavorable
flexible-budget variance = $192000 favorable
b) For direct materials
Price variance = `$135000 unfavorable
efficiency variances = $527920 favorable
For direct manufacturing labor
Price variance = `$36600 unfavorable
efficiency variances = $914815 favorable
Explanation:
a) Sales volume variance = (Actual units sold - Budgeted units sold) x Budgeted price per unit = (4800 - 7000) × $680 = $1496000 unfavorable
flexible-budget variance = (Actual price - Budgeted price) x Actual units sold= ($720 - $680) × 4800 = $192000 favorable
b) For direct materials
Price variance = (Actual cost - standard cost) x Actual quantity of units purchased = ($5.95/ pound - $8/pound) × 66000 pound= `$135000 unfavorable
efficiency variances = (Actual unit - Standard unit) x Standard cost per unit = (66000 pound - 10 pound) × $8 per pound= $527920 favorable
For direct manufacturing labor
Price variance = (Actual cost - standard cost) x Actual hours = ($48/hour - $50/hour) × 18300 hours = `$36600 unfavorable
efficiency variances = (Actual hours - Standard hours) x Standard cost per hour= (18300 hour - 3.7 hour) × $50/hour = $914815 favorable
Answer:
Option (e) is correct.
Explanation:
Given that,
Beta = 0.88
Expected dividend growth rate = 4.00% per year
T-bond rate = 5.25% (The treasury bonds are always the risk free rate)
Average annual future return on the market = 14.75%
Required rate of return:
= Risk free rate + Beta × (Market rate - Risk free rate)
= 5.25 + 0.88 × (14.75 - 5.25)
= 5.25 + 0.88 × 9.5
= 5.25 + 8.36
= 13.61%
Answer:
Sharpen Ratio = <u> Rp - Rf</u>
standard deviation of portfolio
= <u>13.8% - 3.6%</u>
173.11%
= 0.05892
= 0.059
workings
Return of portfolio = Ra*wa + Rb*Wb
= 15%*0.6 + 12%*0.4
= 9% + 4.8% = 13.8%
Standard deviation of portfolio = square root of variance
= √ stdA²wa² + stadB²wb² + 2wawbcorrAB
= √(24%*0.6)² +(14%*0.4)² + 2*0.6*0.4*1.27
= √207.36% + 31.36% + 0.6096
= √2.9968
= 1.73
= 173.11%
Explanation:
Answer:
I took some work home because I had to meet an important deadline the next morning. If I am able to finish the work on time and do it correctly, then there is a chance of getting either a promotion or a pay raise. If I cannot complete it on time, I will not get fired, but any chances of a promotion or pay raise in the near will vanish.
Since I was working at home, I couldn't prepare anything for dinner, so I decided to buy food on a website and get it delivered home. I spent $20 on my dinner, even though I could have prepared a similar dinner for $5.
I was willing to pay for the expensive meal because the opportunity cost of preparing dinner instead was too high. I can afford to pay $15 more for eating, but I cannot afford to lose the opportunity of a promotion or a pay raise. Even if I do not get them immediately, not completing my job would have made it much harder to get it in the future.
My decision is rational because I was sacrificing a small amount of money in order to preserve something that is really valuable for me (promotion or pay raise).
All resources are scarce, and in this case, time was scarce. So I had to decide which action was more valuable and which action could yield a higher benefit.
Answer:
c. Outsource to a third party
Explanation:
At that time when business improved, Tasha Lind saw that the company is suffering with shortage of talent. From the given following methods she should use <u>outsource to a third party</u> for managing the shortage of talent because as outsource to a third party generally means that the company will give the contract of their work to any third party they wish. As company is suffering with shortage of talent, so the company will have to give contract to any other third party because company will not make its loss.
