Answer:
Consequences arising when auditors fail to identify and report on going-concern problems:
1. The purpose of the audit is defeated.
2. Credibility in the audit process and opinion is eroded.
3. Confidence in the efficiency of market information is shattered.
4. Investors and the general public are misinformed and misled.
5. More governmental oversight and regulations will be required.
6. The auditors involved may have their licenses withdrawn and the audit firm could be closed like Arthur Andersen.
Explanation:
For instance, Company A's auditors are always expected to identify and report on going-concern issues of the company. Failure to identify and report on problems affecting going-concern means that Company A could be at the risk of liquidation and auditors still report it as if it were continuing in business for the next foreseeable future. That means that Company A's assets and liabilities are reported in the Balance Sheet as if the business could continue indefinitely, whereas the assets and liabilities should have been reported on a sale-out basis.
The auditors involved in making the wrong conclusion about Company A will be sued with huge damages and their license may be withdrawn, assuming that Company A is unable to survive the next 12 months after being reported on by the auditors.
Gladiator USA, a tire manufacturer, guarantees its tires against defects for five years or 60,000 miles, whichever comes first. Suppose USA can expect warranty costs during the five-year period to add up to of sales. Assume that a USA dealer in Denver, Colorado, made sales of during 2018. Gladiator USA received cash for % of the sales and took notes receivable for the remainder. Payments to satisfy customer warranty claims totaled during 2018. Record the sales, warranty expense, and warranty payments for Gladiator USA.
Answer:
DR Cash............................................$96,450
DR Notes receivable........................$546,550
CR Sales revenue...................................................$643,000
(To record sales)
DR Warranty expense .............................$32,150
CR Warranty liability.................................................$32,150
(To record Warranty Expense)
DR Warranty liability.................................$20,000
CR Cash......................................................................$20,000
(To record Warranty Claim Payments)
Explanation:
Cash = 15% * $643,000
= $96,450
Notes Receivable = 643,000 - 96,450
= $546,550
Warranty Expense = 5% x $643,000
= $32,150
The last dividend paid by Coppard Inc. was $1.25. The dividend growth rate is expected to be constant at 27.5% for 3 years, after which dividends are expected to grow at a rate of 6% forever. If the firm's required return (rs) is 11%, what is its current stock price
Answer:
36.38
Explanation:
The Current stock price can be calculated by identifying Present value of dividends in all three years adding terminal value of dividends in year 3.
Year Dividend Growth Dividend PV factor Present Values
1 1.25 127.5% 1.59 0.900901 1.43
2 1.59 127.5% 2.03 0.811622 1.64
3 2.03 127.5% 2.59 0.731191 1.88
3 42.987(w) 0.731191 31.43
Total PV 36.38
Current Dividend = 2.59
Rate of return = 11.00%
Growth Rate = 6.00%
Terminal value = Current Dividend*(1+Growth rate)/(Rate of return-Growth Rate)
Terminal value = 2.59 x (1+0.06) / (0.11-0.06)
Terminal value =42.987
Current stock price = 1.43 +1.64+1.88+31.43
Current stock price = 36.38
Common stock is called a hybrid security because it takes on the attributes of both preferred stock and bonds.
a. True
b. False
Answer:
false
Explanation:
examples of hybrid stocks is convertible preferred shares
A common stock is a stock that entitles owners of the stock to a fixed amount of shares and holders of the stock are owners of the company where the stock is bought.
Answer:
a. True
Explanation:
In most stocks that attributes of both bonds and preferred stock, it is referred to as a hybrid security. Most organisations and the government recognized it as a medium of security in situations of seeking for loan.
Given the following data: Average operating assets $ 504,000 Total liabilities $ 23,520 Sales $ 168,000 Contribution margin $ 85,680 Net operating income $ 45,360 Return on investment (ROI) is:
Answer:
9%
Explanation:
According to the given situation, the solution of return on investment is shown below:-
Return on investment = (Net operating income ÷ Average operating assets) × 100
now, we will put the values into the above formula
= ($45,360 ÷ $504,000) × 100
= 0.09 × 100
= 9%
Therefore for computing the return on investment we simply applied the above formula.
Suppose that you have an old car that is a real gas guzzler. It is 10 years old and could be sold to a local dealer for $ cash. The annual maintenance costs will average $ per year into the foreseeable future, and the car averages only miles per gallon. Gasoline costs $ per gallon, and you drive miles per year. You now have an opportunity to replace the old car with a better one that costs $. If you buy it, you will pay cash. Because of a 2-year warranty, the maintenance costs are expected to be negligible. This car averages miles per gallon. Should you keep the old car or replace it? Utilize a 2-year comparison period and assume that the new car can be sold for $ at the end of year 2. Assume that the salvage value of the old car at the end of year 2 will be $0. Ignore the effect of income taxes and let your MARR be %.
Answer:
you should replace the old car with a newer and more efficient one
Explanation:
all the numbers are missing, so I looked them up:
current sale value of old car $400
maintenance costs per year $800
gasoline expense per year = $3.50 x 1/10 x 15,000 = $5,250
resale value in 2 years = $0
cost of replacing old car = $8,000
maintenance costs per year $0
gasoline expense per year = $3.50 x 1/30 x 15,000 = $1,750
resale value in 2 years = $5,000
MARR = 15%
if you keep the old car, your net cash flows will be:
Year 1 = -$6,050
Year 2 = -$6,050
if you change your car, your net cash flows will be:
Year 0 = -$8,000 + $400 = -$7,600
Year 1 = -$1,750
Year 2 = $3,250
keeping the old car results in a NPV = -$6,050/1.15 - $6,050/1.15² = -$5,260.87 - $4,574.67 = -$9,835.54
changing for a new car results in a NPV = -$7,600 -$1,750/1.15 + $3,250/1.15² = -$7,600 -$1,521.74 + $2,457.47 = -$6,664.27
since both options result in negative cash flows, we must select the option that results in a smaller loss
Fetzer Company declared a $0.55 per share cash dividend. The company has 200,000 shares authorized, 190,000 shares issued, and 8,000 shares in treasury stock. The journal entry to record the payment of the dividend is:
Answer:
Please see journals below
Explanation:
Retained earnings Dr $104,000
Common dividend payable Cr $104,000
Common dividend payable Dr $104,000
Cash Cr. $104,000
Retained earnings Dr $100,100
Common dividends payable Cr $100,100
Common dividends payable Dr $100,100
Cash Cr $100,100
Retained earnings Dr $110,000
Common dividends payable Cr $110,000
Working
Dividends payable
= 190,000 × $0.55
= $104,000
Common dividend payable
= $0.55 × (190,000 shares - 8,000 shares)
= $100,100
You have gathered the following information on your investments. What is the expected return on the portfolio? Stock Number of Shares Price per Share Expected Return F 310 $ 40 13.32 % G 315 $ 26 10.05 % H 255 $ 52 10.59 %
Answer:
Expected return on the portfolio = $3,879.00
Explanation:
a) Data and Calculations:
Stock Number of Shares Price per Share Expected Return Expected
Value
F 310 $ 40 13.32 % $1,651.68
G 315 $ 26 10.05 % $823.09
H 255 $ 52 10.59 % $1,404.23
Total 880 $3,879.00
b) The expected return on the portfolio is the addition of the expected returns of each class of shares. This is obtained by multiplying the number of shares in each class with the price and the expected return in percentage. This gives a weighted value for the class of shares, which are then added to obtain the expected return on the portfolio.
Managers of an American television network have been told they need to employ a localization strategy if they want to break into the European and Australian markets. What specifically should they do to implement this strategy
Answer:
they will need to follow the television viewing habits,and cultural differences in the locality.
Explanation:
This is very important so as to determine what would work best in each region. An extensive research into television habits as well as cultural norms would need to be carried out.
For example, program schedule times may need adjustments based on a different viewing time.
A company's gross profit (or gross margin) was $129,650 and its net sales were $502,900. Its gross margin ratio is
Answer:
25.8%
Explanation:
A company gross profit is $129,650
The net sales is $502,900
Therefore, the gross margin ratio can be calculated as follows
Gross margin ratio= gross margin /net sales
= $129,650/$502,900
= 0.258×100
= 25.8%
Hence the gross margin ratio is 25.8%
A bond issue with a face amount of $1,200,000 bears interest at the rate of 9%. The current market rate of interest is 10%. These bonds will sell at a price that is:
Answer: The selling price of the bond will be less than $1,200,000
Explanation:
From the question, we are informed that a bond issue with a face amount of $1,200,000 bears interest at the rate of 9% and that the current market rate of interest is 10%.
Since the market rate is 10% which is higher than coupon rate of 9%, this means that the market price for the bond will be smaller than the bond's face value.
Therefore, the selling price of the bond will be less than $1,200,000.
York's outstanding stock consists of 80,000 shares of noncumulative 7.5% preferred stock with a $5 par value and also 200,000 shares of common stock with a $1 par value. During its first four years of operation, the corporation declared and paid the following total cash dividends: 2015 total cash dividends $20,000 ; 2016 total cash dividends 28,000 ; 2017 total cash dividends 200,000 ; 2018 total cash dividends 350,000. Please explain how to journal this.
Answer:
dividends paid during 2015:
preferred stock dividends = $20,000, dividend per preferred stock = $0.25
common stock dividends = $0, dividend per common stock = $0
dividends paid during 2016:
preferred stock dividends = $28,000, dividend per preferred stock = $0.35
common stock dividends = $0, dividend per common stock = $0
dividends paid during 2017:
preferred stock dividends = $30,000, dividend per preferred stock = $0.375
common stock dividends = $170,000, dividend per common stock = $0.85
dividends paid during 2018:
preferred stock dividends = $30,000, dividend per preferred stock = $0.375
common stock dividends = $320,000, dividend per common stock = $1.60
Since the preferred stocks are not cumulative, any preferred dividends that are not paid during a year will not be paid in future years.
If we had a situation of Diminishing Marginal Productivity, then this would be great news for the firm. Senior management loves this kind of cost reduction outcome.
True or False
Answer:
The correct answer is the second option: False.
Explanation:
To begin with, the well known term of "Diminishing Marginal Productivity" is understood to be an economic law whose main purpose is to explain that given a certain level of an input, the production of the company will start to go down eventually after adding more and more of that variable. Therefore that this theory states that when a company adds more of a factor of production, everything else constant, when it reaches a certain level that input will start to affect the output of the good and with it the profits of the business. That is why that if the company is in a situation of diminishing marginal productivity the senior management would not be pleased.
Speedy Runner makes running shoes and they have gathered the following data for the month of October: Data Cash on 10/1 Expected Cash Collections Direct Materials Cash Disbursements Direct Labor Cash Disbursements MOH Cash Disbursements Operating Expenses Cash Disbursements Capital Expenditures Cash Disbursements Speedy Runner requires an ending cash balance of at least $12,000 and can borrow from a line of credit in $1,000 increments. How much will Speedy Runner need to borrow at the end of October?
Answer: $9,000
Explanation:
Speedy Runner will need to borrow the amount of cash disbursements that will exceed their cash receipts.
= Opening Cash + Cash Receipts - Cash Disbursements
= Opening Cash + Expected Cash Collections - Direct Labor Cash - Direct Materials Cash Disbursements - Operating Expenses Cash Disbursements - MOH Cash Disbursements - Capital Expenditures Cash Disbursements - Ending cash balance requirement
= 15,300 + 435,000 - 32,000 - 80,000 - 110,000 - 25,000 - 200,000 - 12,000
= $8,700
They can borrow in incremental terms of $1,000 so to cover the cash requirements they should borrow $9,000.
g The company plans a 4-for-1 stock split. How many shares will you own and what will the share price be after the stock split?
Answer: 14,400; $17
Explanation:
Stock splits are a strategy by firms to increase the liquidity of their shares especially when they are trading at a high price. The firm divides the stock by a certain number thus increasing the number of shares by the multiple of the number. This action will divide the price of the stock and thus allow for more trade as they are cheaper.
A 4-for- stock split means that each share will become 4.
Your total number of share will become;
= 4 * 3,600
= 14,400 shares
The new price will be;
= 68/4
= $17 per share
An organizationally-driven reason for outsourcing is that it can improve effectiveness by focusing on what the firm does best.
Answer:
True
Explanation:
Outsourcing is when a company gives some of its internal activities to an external party that takes the responsibility to get things done and one of the reasons for a company to do this is to get rid of activities that have to get done but that are not part of their core operations to be able to concentrate on their main activity and get those things done by experts which can help increase productivity. According to that, the answer is that the statement is true.
A company has 825 shares of $50 par value preferred stock outstanding, and the call price of its preferred stock is $63 per share. It also has 17,000 shares of common stock outstanding, and the total value of its stockholders' equity is $626,575. The company's book value per common share equals:
Answer:
Book Value Per Common Share = $33.80
Explanation:
Book Value Per Common Share = Stockholders' equity - Shares * Call Price per shares) / Shares of common stock outstanding
= ($626,575 - 825*63) / 17000
= ($626,575 - $51,975) / 17,000
= $574,600 / 17,000
= $33.80
Find the net present value of a project that has cash flows of −$12,000 in Year 1, +$5,000 in Years 2 and 3, −$2,000 in Year 4, and +$6,000 in Years 5 and 6. Use an interest rate of 12%. Find the interest rate that gives a net present value of zero.
Answer:
NPV = $2,000
IRR = 19.19%
Explanation:
Net present value is the present value of after tax cash flows from an investment less the amount invested.
NPV can be calculated using a financial calculator
Only firms with a positive NPV should accept the project because a negative NPV indicates that the project would be unprofitable for the firm
the interest rate that gives a net present value of zero is the IRR
Internal rate of return is the discount rate that equates the after tax cash flows from an investment to the amount invested
IRR can be calculated using a financial calculator
Cash flow for year 1 = −$12,000
Cash flow for year 2 = $5,000
Cash flow for year 3 = $5,000
Cash flow for year 4 = −$2,000
Cash flow for year 5 = $6,000
Cash flow for year 6 = $6,000
I = 12%
NPV = $2,000
IRR = 19.19%
To find the NPV using a financial calculator:
1. Input the cash flow values by pressing the CF button. After inputting the value, press enter and the arrow facing a downward direction.
2. after inputting all the cash flows, press the NPV button, input the value for I, press enter and the arrow facing a downward direction.
3. Press compute
To find the IRR using a financial calculator:
1. Input the cash flow values by pressing the CF button. After inputting the value, press enter and the arrow facing a downward direction.
2. After inputting all the cash flows, press the IRR button and then press the compute button.
The following data was collected from the manufacturing of an auto component. It represents the diameter (in mm) of that component. What is the LCL for a control chart using this data (z=3)?Sample Obs 1 Obs 2 Obs 3 Obs 41 10 12 12 142 12 11 13 163 11 13 14 144 11 10 7 85 13 12 14 13
Answer:
9.37
Explanation:
The computation of LCL for a control chart is shown below:-
Sample Obs 1 Obs 2 Obs 3 Obs 4 Mean observation Range
1 10 12 12 14 12 4
2 12 11 13 16 13 5
3 11 13 14 14 13 3
4 11 10 7 8 9 4
5 13 12 14 13 13 2
For computing the mean observation and range we will use the below formulas
Mean observation = ( Obs 1 + Obs 2 + Obs 3 + Obs 4) ÷ 4
Range = Highest value - Lowest value
[tex]LCL = \bar{\bar{X}} - A2 \bar{R}[/tex]
[tex]\bar X[/tex] = ( 12 + 13 + 13 + 9 + 13 ) ÷ 5
= 12
[tex]\bar R[/tex] = ( 4 + 5 + 3 + 4 + 2 ) ÷ 5
= 3.6
Since we found the value of A2 with the help of constants table for control charts for a 4 subgroup size.
A2 = 0.729
[tex]LCL = \bar{\bar{X}} - A2 \bar{R}[/tex]
12 - 0.729 × 3.6
= 9.37
On October 10, the stockholder's equity of Sherman Systems appears as follows:
Common stock–$10 par value, 72,000 shares authorized,
issued, and outstanding $720,000
Paid-in capital in excess of par value, common stock 216,000
Retained earnings 864,000
Total stockholders’ equity $1,800,000
1. Prepare journal entries to record the following transactions for Sherman Systems.
1A. Purchased 5,000 shares of its own common stock at $25 per share on October 11.
1B. Sold 1,000 treasury shares on November 1 for $31 cash per share.
1C. Sold all remaining treasury shares on November 25 for $20 cash per share.
2. Prepare the revised equity section of its balance sheet after the October 11 treasury stock purchase.
Answer and Explanation:
The journal entries are shown below:
1A. Treasury Stock (5,000 × $25) $75,000
To Cash $75,000
(Being the purchased of its own common stock is recorded)
1B. Cash (1,000 × $31 shares) $31,000
To Treasury Stock (1,000 × $25) $25,000
To Paid-in Capital from Sale of Treasury Stock $6,000
(Being the sale of treasury stock is recorded)
1C. Cash (4,000 × $20) $80,000
Paid-in Capital from Sale of Treasury Stock $6,000
Retained Earnings $14,000
To Treasury Stock 99,000 (4,000 × 25) $100,000
(Being the sale of treasury stock is recorded)
2. The preparation of the revised equity section of its balance sheet is presented below:
Common stock 36,000 shares authorized, issued $720,000
Paid in capital in excess of par value
, common stock. $216,000
Retained Earnings. $864,000
Less: Treasury Stock - 5,000 shares -$75,000 $789,000
Total stockholders' equity $1,725,000
Charlie is a strategist who wants to decide on the appropriate strategy to help his firm "go global." Which of the following should Charlie consider while choosing his strategy?A) He must be aware of the fact that despite globalization and the emergence of the Internet, firm geographic location has actually maintained its importance.B) He should rely on his firm's business-level strategy as a clue to possible strategies pursued globally.C) He should remember that he has only one framework at his disposal to make global strategy decisions.D) He must remember that higher levels of control and a lower likelihood of any loss in reputation go along with less investment-intensive foreign entry modes.
Answer: A) He must be aware of the fact that despite globalization and the emergence of the Internet, firm geographic location has actually maintained its importance.
Explanation:
Charlie must consider that despite the fact that the internet and technology have made globalization more accessible, the location of a business remains very important hence the old saying "its all about location location location".
The firm's geographical location has an effect on stakeholders in the company such as customers, employees and suppliers. For the customers, even if the business was to rely on the internet and delivering goods, the location needs to be convenient enough to ship goods from.
The Suppliers as well need to be able to send the goods ordered for in a timely fashion and an improper location can hamper that. Even employees need a place to work in that is conducive for them in terms of logistics and a safe working environment. Charlie should definitely not forget about the importance of location.
As the workforce becomes more diverse, why does performance appraisal become a more difficult process?
Answer:
Performance appraisal in a company with diverse workforce becomes difficult because of some cultural biases that may exist between the manager, who is doing the appraisal, and the diverse workforce. This problem becomes more acute if the manager is culturally biased and discriminatory by practise.
Explanation:
Company A can have a diverse workforce if it is made up of employees from culturally different places working together in the same workplace. Bias often arises due to human cultural nuisances. This becomes more obvious where managers are from some particular cultures while the employees are from mixed cultures. In such situations, the managers need to be retrained to enable them embrace cultural diversity in the workplace and in performance evaluation.
The key cause due to which the performance appraisal becomes problematic due to diversity in the workforce would be:
- Cultural bias
What is performance appraisal?
Performance appraisal is described as the process of reviewing the performances done by the employees in a particular organization to attain its goals and reward them accordingly.
When the workforce of a particular company or organization becomes exceedingly diverse, it becomes problematic to do performance appraisals.
The reason behind this is that this diversity gives rise to cultural biases and may result in discrimination.
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Between 1953 and 2015, rising labor productivity contributed more to U.S. economic growth than did increases in inputs.
A. True
B. False
Answer: True
Explanation:
Labor productivity has to do with the amount of products and services which are produce at a particular time by the workers.
It should be noted that between 1953 and 2015, rising labor productivity contributed more to U.S. economic growth than did increases in inputs. This brought about increase in the available goods and services in the country.
0.69 points eBookPrintReferences Check my work Check My Work button is now enabledItem 1Item 1 0.69 points Fresh Veggies, Inc. (FVI), purchases land and a warehouse for $410,000. In addition to the purchase price, FVI makes the following expenditures related to the acquisition: broker's commission, $21,000; title insurance, $1,100; and miscellaneous closing costs, $4,200. The warehouse is immediately demolished at a cost of $21,000 in anticipation of building a new warehouse. Determine the amount FVI should record as the cost of the land.
Answer:
$457,300
Explanation:
Calculation to determine the amount FVI should record as the cost of the land.
COST OF LAND
Land and warehouse $410,000
Add Expenditure:
Broker's commission $21,000
Title insurance $1,100
Miscellaneous closing costs $4,200
Warehouse demolished cost $21,000
Cost of land $457,300
Therefore the cost of land will be $457,300
Click to review the online content. Then answer the question(s) below, using complete sentences. Scroll down to view additional questions. Career Connection: Shin-fong How does Shin-fong keep track of his finances?
Answer:
By means of a budget he prepared.
Explanation:
According to the information available, Shing-fong has a carefully thought out strategy. Here's some of what he does;
he keeps tracks of his finances by means of a budget plan.he views all his transactions also checking his debit or credit cards to keep track of how much he spendsShing-Fong avoids eating out as much as he used to and preparing cheaper food at home.he also avoids unnecessarily spending with friends whenever he is invited.Effectiveness of a solution is equal to:_______
a. Quality of a Solution 20% (x) Acceptability of the Solution 80%
b. Quality of a Solution 80% (x) Acceptability of the Solution 20%
c. Quality of a Solution 10% (x) Acceptability of the Solution 90%
d. Quality of a Solution 90% (x) Acceptability of the Solution 10%
e. None of the above
Answer:
a. Quality of a Solution 20% (x) Acceptability of the Solution 80%
Explanation:
We say that a solution is effective i.e 100%, when it has a 20% of its quality and 80% of its acceptability.
A solution is effective when it has a 100% effect. The application of a solution to a problem which yields 100% effect is said to be effective and acceptable.
The scale used is the relationship given as:
Effectiveness of a solution = Quality of a Solution 20% (x) Acceptability of the Solution 80%
Lacy Technology transferred items with $12,600 of cost out of the Assembly Department because the items were finished and ready to be sold. What journal entries correctly reflects this transaction?
Answer:
Dr Finished Goods Inventory 12,600
Cr Work in Process - Assembly 12,600
Explanation:
Based on the information given we were told that the company transferred items that cost the amount of $12,600 from the Assembly Department because the items were finished and ready to be sold which means that the journal entries will be recorded as:
Dr Finished Goods Inventory 12,600
Cr Work in Process - Assembly 12,600
ane is planning to offer a Groupon for inner tube rentals that she will distribute on hot, sunny, summer days by the river that runs through her town. Based on her past experience with Groupon, she has assigned the following probability distribution to the number of tubes she will rent on a randomly selected day. If Jane would like her expected revenue to be at least $300 per day, what should the Groupon price be? (Round your answer up to the nearest whole dollar amount.)
Probability assigned:|
x 30 60 120 180
P(x) .10 .40 .40 .10
Answer:
Jane
Price of Groupon for a revenue of $300 is:
$3
Explanation:
a) Data and Calculations:
Expected Sales volume:
Number of Tubes x 30 60 120 180
Probability P(x) .10 .40 .40 .10
Expected values 3 24 48 18
Total = 93 tubes
Groupon price = $300/93 = $3.23
b) Jane's price for each Groupon will be the rent revenue per day divided by the expected number of tubes to rent daily. The expected number of tubes is derived by multiplying each expected number of tubes by its probability and then summing up the results.
Company A was sued by Company B. The management of Company A feels that it is probable that it will have to pay the full amount to Company 8. What is the effect of this contingent event on Company A's accounting equation?
a. Increase liabilities and decrease stockholders' equity.
b. Increase assets and increase stockholders' equity.
c. No effect on the accounting equation.
d. Decrease assets and decrease liabilities.
Answer: a. Increase liabilities and decrease stockholders' equity.
Explanation:
Contingent Liabilities are obligations that the company may owe if a future event happens such as them being ruled against in a case in court.
Contingent Liabilities are to be recorded in the financial statements only when it is probable that it will happen and that the amount to be paid is reasonably estimable.
Company A's management feels like the loss is probable and that they would have to pay the full amount to company B which means that the loss is both likely and estimable.
Company A should therefore increase their liabilities and debit loss which will come from the Equity thereby reducing it.
Brik Products, located in Atlanta, Georgia, produces two lines of electric toothbrushes, Deluxe and Standard. Because Brik can sell all the toothbrushes it produces, the owners are expanding the plant. They are deciding which product line to emphasize. To make the decision, they assemble the following data.
Per Unit
Deluxe Toothbrush Standard Toothbrush
Sales price $94 $54
Variable expenses 22 16
Contribtion margin $72 $36
Contribution margin ratio 75.5% 70.4%
Requirements:
1) Identify the constraining factor for Brik products.
2) Prepare an analysis to show which product line to em
Complete Question:
Brik Products, located in Atlanta, Georgia, produces two lines of electric toothbrushes: Deluxe and Standard. Because Brik can sell all the toothbrushes it produces, the owners are expanding the plant. They are deciding which product line to emphasize. To make this decision, they assemble the following data:
Per Unit
Deluxe Toothbrush Standard Toothbrush
Sales price $94 $54
Variable expenses 22 16
Contribution margin $72 $36
Contribution margin ratio 75.5% 70.4%
After expansion, the factory will have a production capacity of 4.200 machine hours per month. The plant can manufacture either 68 Standard electric toothbrushes or 26 Deluxe electric toothbrushes per machine hour.
Requirements:
1. Identify the constraining factor for Brik Products.
2. Prepare an analysis to show which product line to emphasize.
Answer:
Brik Products
1. The constraining factor for Brik Products is the 4,200 machine hours.
2. Analysis to show which product line to emphasize:
Product Mix Analysis
Deluxe Standard
Sale price $94 $54
Variable expense 22 16
Contribution margin per unit $72 $38
Number of toothbrushes per hour 26 68
Total contribution margin per hour $1,872 $2,584
Decision: Brik Products should emphasize the production and sale of the Standard electric toothbrushes as this rakes in more contribution per the constraining factor, i.e. machine hours.
Explanation:
a) Data and Calculations:
Deluxe Standard
Sale price $94 $54
Variable expense 22 16
Contribution margin per unit 72 38 (not $36)
Contribution margin ratio 76.6% (not 75.5%) 70.4%
Number of toothbrushes per hour 26 68
Machine hours available = 4,200 hours
b) Analysis:
For Brik Products, the contribution margin per machine hour = contribution per unit x units per hour. Brik will generate a total contribution margin per product line without producing the other that is equal to the contribution margin per machine hour multiplied by total machine hours.
Assuming that Brik Products concentrates on the production of the standard electric toothbrushes alone, it will generate a total contribution margin of $10,852,800 ($2,584 x 4,200) as against the total contribution margin of $7,862,400 ($1,872 x 4,200) to be generated if only Deluxe electric toothbrushes are produced.
Your textbook discussed a model of a simple economy with four markets: labor, capital, energy, and food. Which of the following statements is inconsistent with a general equilibrium for this simple economy?
A. The household demand for energy equals the industry supply of energy.
B. The household demand for food equals the industry supply of food.
C. The household demand for labor equals the industry supply of labor.
D. The household supply of capital equals the industry demand for capital.
Answer:
The correct answer is the option C: The household demand for labor equals the industry supply of labor
Explanation:
To begin with, when it comes to the microeconomics theory the market of labor is considered to be as a factor of production market and from that point of view the labor is demanded by the companies to the households who are the ones who offered the labor due to the fact that the workers are the one who put their force to disposition of the companies. And that is why that it would be inconsistent to say that the household demand for labor will equals the industry supply of labor, because it is all the way around, the household supply of labor will equals the industry demand of it.
