Answer:
c. cost leadership; differentiation
Explanation:
Remember, we are told that the owner wants to make her runners affordable to the public, and we agree that affordability is only possible when there is cost leadership. Cost leadership strategy simply implies that the company's products/services are positioned to be the cheapest in comparison with other competitors.
To specifically focus on quality and uniqueness, the sharks were asking the owner to pursue the differentiation strategy. Differentiation strategy requires having features that set your product or service apart from others such as quality and uniqueness.
The amount of time it takes Robby to go grocery shopping is continuous and uniformly distributed between 20 minutes and 45 minutes. What is the probability that it takes Robby between 29 and 39 minutes to go grocery shopping? Give your answer as a decimal.
Answer:
0.4
Explanation:
This problem has been solved using the method of integration.
We are required to solve for the probability that it takes Robby between 29 and 39 minutes to go grocery shopping
= X~U(20,45)
= 1/45-20
= 1/25
Then we get computation for p[29<x<39]
When we take the integrals with x = 1/25
We get
Probability that it takes Robby between 29 and 39 minutes to go shopping to be 0.4
The following transactions were completed by the company. The company completed consulting work for a client and immediately collected $7,000 cash earned. The company completed commission work for a client and sent a bill for $5,500 to be received within 30 days. The company paid an assistant $2,150 cash as wages for the period. The company collected $2,750 cash as a partial payment for the amount owed by the client in transaction b. The company paid $1,000 cash for this period's cleaning services. Required: Enter the impact of each transaction on individual items of the accounting equation. (Enter decreases to account balances with a minus sign.)
Answer:
The Company
The Impact of Each Transaction on the Accounting Equation:
1. Assets (Cash + $7,000) = Liabilities + Equity (Retained Earnings + $7,000)
2. Assets (Accounts Receivable + $5,500) = Liabilities + Equity (Retained Earnings + $5,500)
3. Assets (Cash -$2,150) = Liabilities + Equity (Retained Earnings -$2,150)
4. Assets (Cash +$2,750 Accounts Receivable -$2,750) = Liabilities + Equity
5. Assets (Cash -$1,000) = Liabilities + Equity (Retained Earnings -$1,000)
Explanation:
The Company applies the accounting equation, which states that Assets = Liabilities + Equity. With each transaction, the accounting equation is demonstrated as shown above. This means that each transaction that is properly recorded affects the accounting equation in two ways. Note that the accounting equation is the basis for the double-entry system of financial accounting.
A report that lists accounts and their balances, in which the total debit balances should equal the total credit balances, is called a(n):____________. a. Account balance. b. Trial balance. c. Ledger. d. Chart of accounts. e. General Journal.
Answer:
b. Trial balance.
Explanation:
In the trial balance the total of debit amount and the total of credit amount would be equivalent to each other. Here the debit involves assets, expenses, dividend while on the other hand the credit involves stockholder equity, liabilities, revenues
hence, the correct option is b.
And, the rest of the options are wrong
The Carbon coal company has 2 mines, a surface mine ad a deep mine. it costs $200 per day to operate the surface mine and $250 to operate the deep mine. Each mine produces a medium grade and a medium-hard grade coal, but in different proportions. This surface mine produces 12 tons of medium grade and 6 tons of medium-hard grade coal per day, and the deep mine produces 4 tons of medium grade and 8 tons of medium-hard grade coal every day. The company has a contract to deliver at least 600 tons of medium grade and 480 tons of medium-hard grade coal within 60 days. How many days should each mine be operated so that the contract can be filled at minimum cost
Answer:
The company should operate the surface mine for 40 days and the deep mine for 30 days. Total costs = $15,500
Explanation:
we have to minimize the following equation: 200S + 250D
where:
S = surface mine
D = deep mine
the constraints are:
12S + 4D ≥ 600 (medium grade coal constraint)
6S + 8D ≥ 480 (medium hard coal constraint
S ≤ 60
D ≤ 60
S, D ≥ 0
S, D are integers
using solver, the optimal solution is 40S + 30D = $15,500
Radford Inc. manufactures a sugar product by a continuous process, involving three production departments-Refining, Sifting, and Packing. Assume that records indicate that direct materials, direct labor, and applied factory overhead for the first department, Refining, were $388,000, $141,000, and $96,800, respectively. Also, work in process in the Refining Department at the beginning of the period totaled $29,800, and work in process at the end of the period totaled $30,000.
Required: a.
(1) On September 30, journalize the entry to record the flow of costs into the Refining Department during the period for direct materials
(2) On September 30, journalize the entry to record the flow of costs into the Refining Department during the period for direct labor
(3) On September 30, journalize the entry to record the flow of costs into the Refining Department during the period for factory overhead
b. On September 30, journalize the entry to record the transfer of production costs to the second department, Sifting
Refer to the chart of accounts for the exact wording of the account titles. CNOW journals do not use lines for spaces or journal explanations. Every line on a journal page is used for debit or credit entries. Do not add explanations or skip a line between journal entries. CNOW journals will automatically indent a credit entry when a credit amount is entered.
Answer:
Following are the solution to this question:
Explanation:
In point 1:
Date Title post reference Dr. Cr. 30-sep Method work – refining 141 388000
Materials 131 385000
In point 2:
Date Title post reference Dr. Cr. 30-sep Method work – refining 141 141000
Payable Wages 251 141000
In point 3:
Date Title post reference Dr. Cr. 30-sep Method work – refining 141 96800
Factory overhead- refining 151 96800
In part B:
Date Title post reference Dr. Cr. 30-sep Method work – Sifting 142 625600
[tex](388000+141000+96800+(29800-30000))[/tex]
Method work – refining 141 625600
Samuel, Inc. has Accounts Receivable of $110,000 and an Allowance for Doubtful Accounts of $17,000. If it writes-off a customer account balance of $1,700, what is the amount of its net accounts receivable?A) 591,300. B) $108,300. C) $110,000. D) $93,000.
Answer:
the net account receivable is d. $93,000
Explanation:
The computation of the net account receivable is shown below:
= (Account receivable - written off amount) - (Allowance for doubtful accounts - written off amount)
= ($110,000 - $1,700) - ($17,000 - $1,700)
= $108,300 - $15,300
= $93,000
Hence, the net account receivable is $93,000
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You are considering opening a new plant.
• The plant will cost $100 million upfront. After that, it is expected to
produce profits of $30 million at the end of every year. The cash
flows are expected to last forever.
1. Calculate the NPV of this investment opportunity if your cost of
capital is 8%. Should you make the investment?
2. Calculate the IRR and use it to determine the maximum deviation
allowable in the cost of capital estimate to leave the decision
unchanged.
Answer:
1. $275 million
Yes
2. 30%
Explanation:
Calculation for the NPV of the investment opportunity
NPV = –100 + 30/0.08
NPV= $275 million
Therefore the NPV will be $275 million
Yes, Based on the above Calculation they should make the investment
2. Calculation for IRR
IRR: 0 = –100 + 30/IRR
Hence,
IRR = 30/100
IRR = 30%
Therefore the IRR will be 30%
The IRR is great only in a situation where the cost of capital does not go beyond 30%.
The NPV of the investment is . The investment should be made because it is profitable.
The IRR is 30%. The maximum deviation allowable in the cost of capital estimate to leave the decision unchanged is 30%.
What is the NPV?Net present value is the present value of after-tax cash flows from an investment less the amount invested.
NPV = -100 + $30 / 0.08 = $275 million.
The NPV is positive. This means the project is profitable.
What 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 = -100 + 30 /1RR
100 = 30 / 1RR
IRR = 30 / 100 = 30%
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She has read a number of newspaper articles about a huge IPO being carried out by a leading technology company. She wants to purchase as many shares in the IPO as possible and would even be willing to buy the shares in the open market immediately after the issue. What advice do you have for her?
Answer:
Explanation:
I believe the best advice that can be given is to do thorough research into the company before investing and do not invest more than you are willing to lose. Initial Public Offerings (IPO) can be incredibly risky investments because they can be complete scams or can be legit startup companies but make one mistake and quickly go bankrupt causing the shares to be worthless and you lose all of your money. But with great risk comes great reward, If they do manage to take you off you can make a lot of money. Therefore, research and invest only what you can live without is the best advice.
If a consumer buys flour because he loves baking, the flour is counted as part of GDP. If a bakery buys flour as an input to bake things in order to sell, the flour is not counted as part of GDP. Briefly explain why we treat these purchases differently.
Explanation:
Remember, the GDP (Gross Domestic Product) is an economic term that refers to the total value of goods and services produced in an economy in a particular period, usually in a period of one year.
Note, the standard way of counting GDP tries to avoid double counting by noting only the final value of goods or services.
Hence, the flour bought by the consumer (the final user) is measured by the producer as output or goods produced, whereas If a bakery buys flour as an input to bake things in order to sell, the flour is not counted as part of GDP because it is not the final value of the goods as value is still going to be transferred to whatever output from the bakery (eg bread, cakes).
Crawford Corporation incurred the following transactions.
1. Purchased raw materials on account $46,300.
2. Raw materials of $36,000 were requisitioned to the factory. An analysis of the materials requisition slips indicated that $6,800 was classified as indirect materials.
3. Factory labor costs incurred were $59,900, of which $51,000 pertained to factory wages payable and $8,900 pertained to employer payroll taxes payable.
4. Time tickets indicated that $54,000 was direct labor and $5,900 was indirect labor.
5. Manufacturing overhead costs incurred on account were $80,500.
6. Depreciation on the company's office building was $8,100.
7. Manufacturing overhead was applied at the rate of 150% of direct labor cost.
8. Goods costing $88,000 were completed and transferred to finished goods.
9. Finished goods costing $75,000 to manufacture were sold on account for $103,000.
Requried:
a. Journalize the transactions.
b. Prepare entries for manufacturing and nonmanufacturing costs.
Answer:
No. Account Titles and Description Debit$ Credit$
1 Raw Material Inventory 46300
Account Payable 46300
(To record purchase on credit)
2 . Work in Process Inventory 29200
Manufacturing overhead 6800
Raw Material Inventory 36000
(To record acquisition of raw materials)
3 . Factory Labor 59900
Factory Wages Payable 51000
Employer Payroll Taxes Payable 8900
(To record wages and payroll taxes payable)
4 Work in Process Inventory 54000
Manufacturing overhead 5900
Factory Labor 59900
(To record direct and indirect labor)
5 . Manufacturing overhead 80500
Account payable 80500
(To record manufacturing overhead on credit)
6 . Depreciation Expense 8100
Accumulated Depreciation—Building 8100
(To record depreciation)
7. Work in Process Inventory 81000
($54,000 X 150%)
Manufacturing overhead applied 81000
( To record the application of overhead)
8 Finished Goods 88000
Work in Process Inventory 88000
(To record the goods transferred to finished goods)
9. Accounts Receivable 103000
Sales Revenue 103000
(To record sales made on credit)
Cost of Goods Sold 75000
Finished Goods Inventory 75000
(To record cost of goods sold)
Green and yellow are adjacent on the color wheel; what does this mean?
They are complementary.
They are analogous.
O They are contrasting.
O They are contradictory.
Answer:
analogous
Explanation:
both green and yellow are a part of analogous
Michelle Duncan wants to know her affordable home purchase price. Her annual gross income is $49,800. She has $820 per month of other debt and expects her property taxes and homeowners insurance to cost $270 per month. She knows she can get a 8.50%, 30-year mortgage so that her mortgage payment factor is $7.69. She expects to make a 25% down payment. What is Michelle's affordable home purchase price? (Round your answer to the nearest dollar amount.)
a) $21,110
b) $253,316
c) $63,329
d) $84,439
e) $48,710
Answer:
d) $84,439
Explanation:
We can use the rule of 28/36 to calculate Michelle's affordable home purchase. She should only spend up to 28% of her monthly income on housing expenses and up to 36% of her monthly income paying for debt service.
monthly salary = $49,800 / 12 = $4,150
her total monthly amount to pay for debt service = $4,150 x 36% = $1,494
she is already paying $820 per month for other debts, so her monthly payment should be less than: $1,494 - $820 = $674
her total monthly amount to pay for housing expense = $4,150 x 28% = $1,162
she is planning on paying $270 in related house expenses, so her monthly payment should be less than: $1,162 - $270 = $892
out of the five options, Michelle cannot afford to buy the $253,316 house, but she can afford to buy the $84,439 house.
[($21,110 x 0.75) / $1,000] x 7.69 = $121.75 monthly payment
[($253,316 x 0.75) / $1,000] x 7.69 = $1,461 monthly payment
[($63,329 x 0.75) / $1,000] x 7.69 = $365.25 monthly payment
[($84,439 x 0.75) / $1,000] x 7.69 = $487 monthly payment
[($48,710 x 0.75) / $1,000] x 7.69 = $280.93 monthly payment
Which displays the data while retaining all the properties of the charts?
Answer:
The appropriate answer is "Pivot table and the straight table".
Explanation:
Without statements, a pivot table could be described, creating a perspective vision to navigate several dimensional depths or rates. This same straight table distinguishes again from pivot table format throughout that this was not capable of showing subclasses and because the definition classification would be displayed throughout the form of such a document, although each row includes the qualities and quantities of the domain.You take out a 30-year mortgage to buy a house worth $415,000. The down payment is 17% and the annual interest rate is 3.5%. What are the monthly payments?
Answer:
The monthly payments are $1,546.73
Explanation:
The monthly payments can be calculated using the formula for calculating the present value of an ordinary annuity as follows:
PV = P * ((1 - (1 / (1 + r))^n) / r) …………………………………. (1)
Where;
PV = Present value of the mortgage balance = Mortgage worth - (Mortgage worth * Percentage of down payment) = $415,000 - ($415,000 * 17%) = $415,000 - $70,550 = $344,450
P = Monthly payments = ?
r = Monthly interest rate return rate = 3.5% / 12 = 0.035 / 12 = 0.00291666666666667
n = number of months = 30 years * 12 months = 360
Substitute the values into equation (1) and solve for P, we have:
$344,450 = P * ((1 - (1 / (1 + 0.00291666666666667))^360) / 0.00291666666666667)
$344,450 = P * 222.694984964558
P = $344,450 / 222.694984964558
P = $1,546.73442715748
Approximating to 2 decimal places, we have:
P = $1,546.73
Therefore, the monthly payments are $1,546.73.
An unfavorable production-volume variance ________. A. is not a good measure of a lost production opportunity B. indicates that the company had reduced its per unit fixed overhead cost to improve sales C. takes into account the effect of additional revenues due to maintaining higher prices D. measures the amount of extra fixed costs planned for but not used
Answer:
d) measures the amount of extra fixed costs planned for but not used
Explanation:
An unfavorable production-volume variance measures the amount of extra fixed costs planned for but not used. As per production-volume variance extra fixed costs planned for but not used has unfavorable production-volume variance.
When production-volume variance is unfavorable, that means the fixed cost are allocated on lesser number of manufactured units, hence it indicates that the fixed costs are not controlled well.
why does location matter?
answer: you need to know where your at
Selected transactions for Sheridan Company are presented below in journal form (without explanations).
Date Account Title Debit Credit
May 5 Accounts Receivable 4,400
Service Revenue 4,400
12 Cash 1,930
Accounts Receivable 1,930
15 Cash 2,190
Service Revenue 2,190
Post the transactions to T-accounts. (Post entries in the order of journal entries presented in the question.)
Cash
5/55/125/15 5/55/125/15
5/55/125/15 5/55/125/15
Accounts Receivable
5/55/125/15
5+55+125+15=555555555....
What records will appear for a left outer join with a primary table called OrderItems and a foreign table called Orders?
all Orders records
all OrderItems records
only matching OrderItems records
all of the Orders and OrderItems records
Answer:
All orderitems records
Explanation:
Answer:
all OrderItems records
Explanation:
The First National Bank recently acquired three mortgages from the failed Fargo Bank. It estimates that the chances of these mortgages being repaid are 0.6, 0.4, 0.25. Assuming independence, fine the probability that:_________.
Answer:
a. 0.06
b. 0.18
Explanation:
a) all of them will be repaid
b) none of them will be repaid
P1 = 0.6, P2= 0.4, P3 = 0.25
a. The Probability that all will be repaid = (P1∩P2∩P3)
= P1 * P2 * P3 (Since independent)
= 0.6*0.4*0.25
= 0.06
Thus, the Probability that all will be repaid is 0.06
b. The Probability that none of them will be repaid = (1-P1)*(1-P2)*(1-P3)
= (1-0.6)(1-0.4)(1-0.75)
= 0.4 * 0.6 * 0.75
= 0.18
Thus, the Probability that none of them will be repaid is 0.18
One reason for imbalance or disequilibrium in the family during the adolescent years is that parents
A. are too involved in their own careers to notice their children.
B. may be experiencing their own type of "identity crisis."
C. may be pushing their child toward financial independence too early.
D. are too restrictive of their adolescents' finances.
Answer: B. may be experiencing their own type of "identity crisis."
Explanation:
Studies have shown that adolescents tend to suffer from identity crises as they enter and progress through teenagehood as they learn which behavior to assimilate and adopt and which to discard.
This has been shown to often coincide with the midlife crises felt by adults which on its own can be a form of identity crises. When this coincides with the identity crises felt by adolescents, an imbalance or disequilibrium in the family is experienced.
_______________________ are numerically small, but well organized groups that are able to exert a disproportionate effect on political outcomes.
a. Bipartisan reform organizations
b. Special interest groups
c. Social scientists organizations
d. Bipartisan campaign reformers
Answer:
b. Special interest groups
Explanation:
Indeed, these special interest groups often use several approaches to make certain political outcomes like lobbying, running online petition signing, etc.
For example, the black lives matter group is an example of a special interest group because they were able to exert political influence to change police tactics throughout the United States.
theory of production
Answer:
Theory of production, in economics, an effort to explain the principles by which a business firm decides how much of each commodity that it sells (its “outputs” or “products”) it will produce, and how much of each kind of labour, raw material, fixed capital good, etc., that it employs (its “inputs” or “factors of .
Explanation:
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During the current month, a company that uses a job order cost accounting system purchases $50,000 in raw materials for cash. It then uses $12,000 of raw materials indirectly as factory supplies and uses $32,000 of raw materials as direct materials. Prepare entries to record these three transactions in the given order.
Record the raw materials purchase for $50,000.
Record the raw materials used indirectly in production.
Record the raw materials used directly in production.
Answer:
1. Dr Raw materials inventory 50,000
Cr Cash 50,000
2. Dr Factory overhead 12,000
Cr Raw materials inventory 12,000
3. Dr Work in process inventory32,000
Cr Raw materials inventory 32,000
Explanation:
Preparation or Journal entries
1. Preparation of the journal entry to record the raw materials purchase for $50,000
Dr Raw materials inventory 50,000
Cr Cash 50,000
2. Preparation of the journal entry to Record the raw materials used indirectly in production.
Dr Factory overhead 12,000
Cr Raw materials inventory 12,000
3. Preparation of the journal entry to Record the raw materials used directly in production.
Dr Work in process inventory32,000
Cr Raw materials inventory 32,000
At the beginning of the current period, Rose Corp. had balances in Accounts Receivable of $200,000 and in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts of $9,000 (credit).During the period, it had net credit sales of $800,000 and collections of $763,000.It wrote off as uncollectible accounts receivable of $7,300.However, a $3,100 account previously written off as uncollectible was recovered before the end of the current period.Uncollectible accounts are estimated to total $25,000 at the end of the period.(Omit cost of goods sold entries)Required:(a) Prepare the entries to record sales and collections during the period.(b) Prepare the entry to record the write-off of uncollectible accounts during the period.(c) Prepare the entries to record the recovery of the uncollectible account during the period.(d) Prepare the entry to record bad debt expense for the period.(e) Determine the ending balances in Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts.
Answer:
(a) Prepare the entries to record sales and collections during the period.
Dr Accounts receivable 800,000
Cr Sales revenue 800,000
Dr Cash 763,000
Cr Accounts receivable 763,000
(b) Prepare the entry to record the write-off of uncollectible accounts during the period.
Dr Allowance for doubtful accounts 7,300
Cr Accounts receivable 7,300
(c) Prepare the entries to record the recovery of the uncollectible account during the period.
Dr Accounts receivable 3,100
Cr Allowance for doubtful accounts 3,100
Dr Cash 3,100
Cr Accounts receivable 3,100
(d) Prepare the entry to record bad debt expense for the period.
Dr Bad debt expense 20,200
Cr Allowance for doubtful accounts 20,200
(e) Determine the ending balances in Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts.
Accounts receivable ending balance = $200,000 + $800,000 - $763,000 -$7,300 + $3,100 - $3,100 = $229,700
Allowance for doubtful accounts ending balance = $25,000
Allowance for doubtful accounts is a contra asset account that decreases the net balance of accounts receivable: accounts receivable = $229,700 - $25,000 = $204,700
Journal entries are the entries that record and maintain the financial transactions of the firm whether credit or cash. All the transactions that take place in the firm whether be it incoming or outgoing are recorded in the book of entries as the credit and the debit account.
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Monetary policy is linked to fiscal policy when government spending is financed by:_____.a) taxes. b) borrowing from banks. c) borrowing from foreigners. d) printing money.
Answer:
d) printing money.
Explanation:
Fiscal policy in economics refers to the use of government expenditures (spending) and revenues (taxation) in order to influence macroeconomic conditions such as Aggregate Demand (AD), inflation, and employment within a country. Fiscal policy is in relation to the Keynesian macroeconomic theory by John Maynard Keynes.
For instance, measuring the time between when a fiscal policy is implemented and when the people feel its impact in the society refers to a lag.
A fiscal policy affects combined demand through changes in government policies, spending and taxation which eventually impacts employment and standard of living plus consumer spending and investment. Monetary policy affects the money supply in an economy, which then creates an impact on interest rates and the inflation rate.
Additionally, a stimulative fiscal policy when combined by the government with a restrictive monetary policy will result in an increase in the interest rates.
Hence, a monetary policy is linked to fiscal policy when government spending is financed by printing money because the printing of money would significantly increase the circulation of money or money supply and most likely result in inflation.
All of the following are true except:___________
a. A favorable labor efficiency variance could result from using higher quality materials that result in fewer inspections.
b. A favorable labor rate variance could result from lower wage workers quitting.
c. A favorable materials price variance could result from purchasing identical materials from another supplier at a lower price.
d. An unfavorable materials usage variance could result from not efficiently utilizing raw materials, thus causing waste.
e. An unfavorable labor efficiency variance can be caused by machine downtime, and poor quality materials.
Answer:
b. A favorable labor rate variance could result from lower wage workers quitting.
Explanation:
The reason is because Lower wage workers quitting will often result in increase labour cost and the Increase in labour cost will be resulted in unfavorable labour variance. Hence, the option B is incorrect.
The composition of the Fingroup Fund portfolio is as follows:_________.
Stock Shares Price
A 200,000 $35
B 300,000 40
C 400,000 20
D 600,000 25
The fund has not borrowed any funds, but its accrued management fee with the portfolio manager currently totals $30,000. There are 4 million shares outstanding. What is the net asset value of the fund?
Answer: $10.49
Explanation:
Net Asset Value is the equity of the portfolio divided by the number of shares outstanding.
Equity = Assets - Liabilities
So,
Net Asset Value = (Assets - Liabilities) / No. of shares outstanding
Assets = (200,000 * 35) + (300,000 * 40) + (400,000 * 20) + (600,000 * 25)
= $42,000,000
Liabilities will be the accrued management fee.
Net Asset Value = (42,000,000 - 30,000) / 4,000,000
= 10.4925
= $10.49
The market risk premium is 9.0%, and the risk-free rate is 5.0%. If the expected return on a bond is 9.5%, what is its beta?
Answer:
The beta is 1
Explanation:
The computation of beta using the CAPM model is shown below:
As we know that
Expected rate of return = Risk free rate of return + Beta × Market risk premium
9.5% = 5% + Beta × 9.0%
9.5% - 5% = Beta × 9.0%
9.0% = Beta × 9.0%
So, the beta is 1
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When markets fail, public policya. can do nothing to improve the situationb. can potentially remedy the problem an increase economicefficiency.c. can always remedy the problem and increase economicefficiency.d. can in theory, remedy the problem, buy in practice, publicpolicy has proven to be ineffective
Answer:
b. can potentially remedy the problem an increase economic efficiency.
Explanation:
A market failure can be defined as a situation in which the market fails to produce an efficient level of output required to meet the demands of the consumers or customers.
This ultimately implies that, a market failure arises when there is inefficiency in the distribution or allocation of goods and services in a free market. Thus, the demand of the consumer of these goods and services are not being met with the level of supply (output) required i.e the forces of demand and supply are not efficient in producing the level of output required by the economy.
Some of the causes of market failure are imperfect information, monopoly, oligopoly, externalities etc.
Hence, when markets fail, public policy can potentially remedy the problem an increase economic efficiency.
Some of the public policy are pollution permits, government price controls, advertising etc.
The following are budgeted data: January February March Sales in units 15,000 20,000 18,000 Production in units 18,000 19,000 16,000 One pound of material is required for each finished unit. The inventory of materials at the end of each month should equal 20% of the following month's production needs. Purchases of raw materials for February would be budgeted to be:______.A) 20,400 pounds.B) 19,600 pounds.C) 18,600 pounds.D) 18,400 pounds.
Answer: 18400 pounds
Explanation:
Based on the information given in the question, the purchase of raw material for February would be budgeted to be:
= (19000 × 1) + (16000 × 1 × 20%) - (19000 × 1 × 20%)
= 19000 + 3200 - 3800
= 18400 pounds
Therefore, purchases of raw materials for February would be budgeted to be 18400 pounds.