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2 years ago

If your friend Raheem asks you, “What type of account should I use to save for retirement,” what would you tell him?

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Answer:

Roth IRA account

Explanation:

The best type of account that you should save money in for Retirement is a Roth IRA account. This will allow you to put and save a maximum of $5,500 USD per year which will compound annually with interest and can be redeemed when you retire. Once you redeem your money at the age of 65 1/2 it will be completely tax-free. Meaning you have no liabilities with that money whatsoever and you can simply enjoy your retirement with that money.

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Suppose you were hired as a consultant for a company that wants to penetrate the Comp-XM market. This company wants to pursue a

Andreas93 [3]

Answer:

Option B. Chester Company

Explanation:

The company wants to pursue Niche Cost Leader Strategy. In a Niche cost leader strategy the product is highly differentiated and the cost the company charges to its customer is low as apposed to other competitors. The companies that has highly differentiated product and are new entrants usually use this strategy to win a good share of market size.

The strongest competitor would have lowest price, very stable market share price, high investment in plant and equipment, higher production capacity, lowest return on investment, lowest earnings per dollar sales. etc.

Now we will asses different reports and conclude which competitor will be the strongest competitor for the Niche Cost Leader Strategy company. The analysis is given as under:

Lowest Price: If we look at the Production information, Price Column and take the average price of the products of each company then we can conclude that Chester's price of average product is $20, Baldwin has $24.17 and the rest of the competitors are charging high. This means Chester is charging lowest price.
Stable Market Share Price: The vulnerability of share price of Chester is the lowest which stands at $0.45. This means that the stock exchange values the company's share as a stable stock with least vulnerability. (See Stock Market Summary)
Lower Return on Asset and Return on Sales: If we analyze the Selected Financial Statistics then we will acknowledge that Chester also has 2nd lowest Return on Assets and Return on sales which shows that the company is charging lower prices to its customers. Baldwin is not appropriate to consider here because the company is incurring losses hence its Return on Assets and Return on Sales can not be considered as good indication.
Higher Investment in Plant and equipment: The company has 2nd highest investment in plant and equipment with highest Net Book Value of $148k and Baldwin stands at $178k. Now again the higher investment of Baldwin is financed by debt which costs the company more than Chester. This means Chester would be strongest competitor because the company will have to only bear the depreciation cost which is non cash flow in nature and not the interest cost which Baldwin is bearing. (See Income statement for Interest Cost and Balance sheet for Carrying value of the asset).
Production Capacity: Chester has the highest production capacity which means that the company despite its 2nd largest investment in plant and equipment. This means that the plant and machinery of Chester is more innovative which is the reason that the production capacity is higher than other competitors.

From the above analysis it seems that Chester is pursuing Niche Cost Leader Market and is the strongest competitor that the company will face. Hence B is the correct option here.

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2 years ago

Superior Micro Products uses the weighted-average method in its process costing system. Data for the Assembly Department for May

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Answer

(a) cost per equivalent unit

Item Material Labour Overheads

Cost per EU($) 84.15 34.25 172.25

b) Total cost per equivalent = $290.65

Explanation:

The weighted average method of valuation of work in progress does not separate opening work-in progress from the newly introduced.

The cost per equivalent units using this method is computed by dividing the total equivalent units by the cost element. This repeated for each of cost element categories.

Item Material Labour Overheads

Opening WIP 36,900 61,650 299,715

Cost added 223,965 41,100 199,810

Total cost($) a 260,865 102,750 499,525

Equivalent unit b 3,100 3,000 2,900

Cost per EU($) (a/b) 84.15 34.25 172.25

Total cost per equivalent unit = 84.15 + 34.25 + 172.25

Total cost per equivalent= $290.65

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1 year ago

A brick mason was hired by a builder under a written one-year contract, at an annual salary of $45,000, with employment to begin

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Because he had a contract with the builder, the mason would be able to get the original contract price of $45,000.

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2 years ago

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After having problems with her Mitsubishi car, sandra salazar had santa Fe Mitsubishi install a used LO1 motor in it. when she p

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Answer:

The statement is not an express warranty, because it doesn't involve a negotiation of terms between Salazar and Mitsubishi. It is an employee of the company that imploy Salazar to bring the car should the car gives problem, and didn't involve an agreement between the two parties ( Salazar and Mitsubishi)

Explanation:

What is express warranty?

An express warranty arises from the parties’ negotiations in a sales transaction. Express warranties are often included in the written terms of a contract. An “express” warranty by a seller is created by:

Any statement of fact or promise relating to the goods sold which becomes part of the basis of the bargain between the parties, creating a warranty that the goods will conform to the statement or promise.

Any description of the goods sold which becomes part of the basis of the bargain between the parties, creating a warranty that the goods will conform to the description.

Any sample or model, which becomes part of the basis of the bargain between the parties, creating a warranty that the goods will conform to the sample or model.

An express warranty may be created even if the seller does not use formal words such as “warranty” or “guarantee,” and even if the seller does not have a specific intention to make a warranty. However, an express warranty is not created merely because the seller makes a statement as to the value of the goods, or as to seller’s opinion of the goods. Generally, statements made by a seller during the course of contract negotiations are treated as statements of fact, unless it can be shown that the buyer could only have reasonably considered the statement to be an opinion.

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2 years ago

Using the intuitive least cost method for the given transportation problem, answer the following: Cleveland Dayton Erie Supply A

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Answer:

The demand location where demand is unmet is equal to Cleveland. Received only 75 units. 100 units demand is unmet.

Explanation:

Solution

From the example given, we solve for which demand location will have an unmet demand

Now,

The maximum quantity that can be shipped from Allentown to Erie is 100.

The Maximum quantity that can be shipped from Harrisburg to Cleveland is 175

While,

The Maximum quantity that can be shipped from Harrisburg to Dayton is 175

Hence, in case we want an solution optimum to get the required demand as many as possible with the supply given and with a low costs, then we need to find the optimum solution.

By applying a least cost method called greedy, we need to remove our least costing node and then provide minimum of demand and supply unit a present to each cell.

Thus,

The first least cost is Allentown to Dayton.

From Allentown to Dayton 100 units. Next least cost is Philadelphia to Erie.

From Philadelphia to Erie 150 units. Next least cost is Harrisburg to Erie.

From Harrisburg to Erie 25 units. Next least cost is Harrisburg to Dayton.

From Harrisburg to Dayton 75 units. Next least cost is Harrisburg to Cleveland

From Harrisburg to Cleveland 75 units.

So, for the optimum solution, the right choice of answer will be

From Allentown to Erie = 0 units

From Harrisburg to Cleveland = 75 units

From Harrisburg to Dayton = 75 units

Therefore, The demand location where demand is unmet is equal to Cleveland. Received only 75 units. 100 units demand is unmet.

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