Answer:
a. According to the company's accounting system, what is the net operating income earned by product D14E? (Net losses should be indicated by a minus sign.)
b. What would be the financial advantage (disadvantage) of dropping product D14E? Should the product be dropped?
- financial disadvantage of discontinuing the produce is -$68,000, so the company should not discontinue the product since its losses would increase
Explanation:
total sales $670,000
- variable expenses $295,000
- fixed manufacturing expenses $246,000
- fixed selling and administrative expenses $194,000
net loss = $65,000
if product D14E is discontinued, $196,000 + $111,000 = $307,000, of fixed expenses can be avoided, but $133,000 are not avoidable. if the company discontinues the product, its losses will increase by $133,000 - $65,000 = $68,000
Answer:
The primary reason for trade is for the economic development of a country.
Explanation:
Trade makes a significant and necessary contribution to the economy and the country's development particularly in underdeveloped countries. The rapid progress of underdeveloped countries in the Industrial field is due to their exports. In most countries, such would represent a significant share of their gross domestic product (GDP).
Answer:
The amount of cash collections from customers reported by Alex company for the year ended December 31, 2018 is $4,125,000.
Explanation:
Cash collection refers to the collection of cash from from an individual or a business whom invoice has been issued to. Any invoice unpaid are noted as being outstanding.
Cash collection fomular is therefore;
Cash collection = Sales on account + Cash sales + Decrease in accounts receivable
=$2,100,000 +$1,110,000 + $915,000
=$4,125,000
Answer:
a. 1, 5 and 7
b. Resources will be allocated inefficiently
c. Differing sizes and capacities
d. Benefits due to economies of scale
e. Reduce prices and improve resource allocation.
Explanation:
The correct combination is 1, 5 and 7. The price of a pure monopoly firm is much higher than that of purely competitive firm because the later is a price taker while the former is a price fixer. Because of this, output of monopoly is lower while the profit margin is higher than that of competitive firm.
Assuming that a pure monopolist and a purely competitive firm have the same unit costs. In the case of a pure monopolist, resources will be allocated inefficiently because the monopolist does not produce at the point of minimum Average Total Cost and does not equate price and Marginal cost.
Even though both monopolists and competitive firms follow the MC = MR rule in maximizing profits, there are differences in the economic outcomes because pure competitors lack capacity and are smaller in size while the monopolist has the capacity to expand inorder to maximize profits.
The costs of a purely competitive firm and a monopoly may be different because the monopolist is capable of taking advantage of cost reduction arising from economics of scale. Pure competitors does not experience economies of scale due to their small sizes.
If a monopoly can experience economies of scale, it can reduce prices beyond that of the pure competitor thereby ensuring a more efficient resource allocation.
