refer to the above table. suppose you had a budget of $7 and the price of pretzels was $2 and the price of cookies was $1. what would be the number of pretzels and cookies that you would purchase to maximize your utility given the data in the table?O 1 cookies and 3 pretzels C 6 cookies and 1 pretzels O 5 cookies and 1 pretzels O 3 cookies and 2 pretzels

In a strategic plan known as utility maximization, people and businesses aim to get the most enjoyment possible out of their financial choices. For instance, management will implement a plan of purchasing items or services that deliver the greatest advantage when a company's resources are restricted.

The utilitarian philosopher's John Stuart Mill and Jeremy Bentham created the idea of utility maximization. Alfred Marshall, an economist from England, introduced it into economics.

The cost of a product that a consumer is prepared to pay is a presumption in classical economics that approximates the greatest utility that they obtain from the acquired thing.

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Edith Carolina is president of the Deed Corporation. The company is decentralized, and leaves investment decisions up to the discretion of the division managers. Michael Sanders, manager of the Cosmetics Division, has had a return on investment of 14% for his division for the past three years and expects the division to have the same return in the coming year. Sanders has the opportunity to invest in a new line of cosmetics which is expected to have a return on investment of 12%. The company's minimum required rate of return is 8%. If the Deed Corporation evaluates managerial performance using residual income based on the corporate minimum required rate of return of 8%, what decision would be preferred by Edith Carolina and Michael Sanders?
Carolina Sanders
A) accept reject
B) reject accept
C) accept accept
D) reject reject
A. Choice A.
B. Choice B.
C. Choice C.
D. Choice D.

What do Media Salespeople do?
A. They sell space at sport events.
B. They sell advertising space to different companies.
C. They sell-media related products online.
D. They sell websites to media companies.

1. A part is produced in lots of 1,000 units. It is assembled from two components worth $50 total. The value added in production (for labor and variable overhead) is $60 per unit, bringing total costs per completed unit to $110. The average lead time for the part is 6 weeks and annual demand is 3,800 units, based on 50 business weeks per year. a. How many units of the part are held, on average, in cycle inventory

ZIP Company owns 46,000 shares of the common stock of PIK Company. ZIP decided to divest itself of this investment by distributing the PIK shares in the form of a property dividend. The dividend ratio is one share of PIK for every four shares of ZIP common held by shareholders. ZIP has 184,000 common shares outstanding. On April 15, 2016, the date of declaration, PIK stock had a par value of $5 per share, a book value of $12.6 per share, and a market value of $17.6 per share.
Required:
1. Prepare any necessary journal entries. The shares were distributed on May 15, 2016, to stockholders of record on May 1, 2016. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.
2. Record appreciation of investment.
3. Record declaration of property dividend.
4. Record the entry on date of record.
5. Record the payment of the property dividend.

Polson Pool Company is involved in a number of competitive bidding situations. The following costs are anticipated for a project to be bid for Terrance Manufacturing:
Direct material $ 680,000
Direct labor 2,450,000
Allocated variable overhead 570,000
Allocated fixed cost 230,000
Which of these costs would be treated differently if Polson had either excess capacity or no excess capacity?
a. Allocated variable overhead, $570,000
b. Direct labor, $2,450,000
c. Allocated fixed cost, $230,000
d. Direct materials used, $680,000.

On June 30, 2018, Streeter Company reported the following account balances:
Receivables $ 83,900 Current liabilities $ (12,900 )
Inventory 70,250 Long-term liabilities (54,250 )
Buildings (net) 78,900 Common stock (90,000 )
Equipment (net) 24,100 Retained earnings (100,000 )
Total assets $ 257,150 Total liabilities and equities $ (257,150 )
On June 30, 2021, Princeton Company paid $316,500 cash for all assets and liabilities of Streeter, which will cease to exist as a separate entity. In connection with the acquisition, Princeton paid $12,700 in legal fees. Princeton also agreed to pay $63,800 to the former owners of Streeter contingent on meeting certain revenue goals during 2022. Princeton estimated the present value of its probability adjusted expected payment for the contingency at $20,100.
In determining its offer, Princeton noted the following pertaining to Streeter:
It holds a building with a fair value $43,100 more than its book value.
It has developed a customer list appraised at $25,200, although it is not recorded in its financial records.
It has research and development activity in process with an appraised fair value of $36,400. However, the project has not yet reached technological feasibility and the assets used in the activity have no alternative future use.
Book values for the receivables, inventory, equipment, and liabilities approximate fair values.
Prepare Princeton’s accounting entry to record the combination with Streeter. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)
1. First Entry Record the acquisition of Streeter company.
2. Second Entry Record the legal fees related to the combination.

Contribution Income Statement and Cost-Volume-Profit Graph Picnic Time produces a picnic basket that is sold for $100 per unit. Assume the company produced and sold 4,000 baskets during July. There were no beginning or ending inventories. Variable and fixed costs follow. Variable Costs per Unit Fixed Costs per Month Manufacturing: Manufacturing overhead $36,000 Direct materials $25 Selling and administrative 68,000 Direct labor 15 Total $104,000 Manufacturing overhead 5 $45 Selling and administrative 4 Total $49
Required
Prepare a contribution income statement for July.
Do not use any negative signs with your answers.
Picnic Time
Contribution Income Statement
For the Month of July
Sales Answer
Less variable costs
Direct materials Answer
Direct labor Answer
Manufacturing overhead Answer
Selling and administrative Answer Answer
Contribution margin Answer
Less fixed cost:
Manufacturing overhead Answer
Selling and administrative Answer Answer
Profit Answer

g Travis and Jeff own an adventure company called Whitewater Rafting. Due to quality and availability problems, the two entrepreneurs have decided to produce their own rubber rafts. The initial investment in plant and equipment is estimated to be $2,000. Labor and material cost is approximately $5 per raft. Of the rafts can be sold at a price of $10 each, what volume of demand would be necessary to break even

Assigning manufacturing overhead costs and other indirect costs is called a:

Eastwood Enterprises offers horseback riding lessons. During the month of June, the company provides lessons on account totaling $5,100. By the end of the month, the company received on account $4,500 of this amount. In addition, Eastwood received $500 on account from customers who were provided lessons in May. Determine the amount of operating cash flows Eastwood will report as received from customers in June.

Jensen Automotive produces alternators for American-made cars. They generally use a static budget with the following costs based on 8,000 units per month: indirect materials, $22,000; indirect labor, $25,000; utilities, $12,000; supervision, $4,000; depreciation, $18,000. If Jensen wanted to create a flexible budget for 9,000 units, what value would they record for variable costs

Essence of Skunk Fragrances, Ltd., sells 5,750 units of its perfume collection each year at a price per unit of $445. All sales are on credit with terms of 1/10, net 40. The discount is taken by 35 percent of the customers.

Required:
What is the amount of the company's accounts receivable?

management must be applied according to the needs of the organization. This implies that management is .....​

On January 1, 2018, Alamar Corporation acquired a 39 percent interest in Burks, Inc., for $228,000. On that date, Burks's balance sheet disclosed net assets with both a fair and book value of $327,000. During 2018, Burks reported net income of $79,000 and declared and paid cash dividends of $29,000. Alamar sold inventory costing $26,000 to Burks during 2018 for $42,000. Burks used all of this merchandise in its operations during 2018. Prepare all of Alamar's 2018 journal entries to apply the equity method to this investment.

What is a factor that does NOT go into an economic analysis?

1. marginal analysis

2. societal concerns

3 ethical concerns

4 sunk costs​

You are the manager of a firm that sells a leading brand of alkaline batteries. Click on the link below to access data on the demand for your product. Specifically, the file contains data on the natural logarithm of your quantity sold, price, and the average income of consumers in various regions around the world. Use the information provided in the excel spreadsheet to perform a log-linear regression. Excel Data File Fill in your estimates below:
Instruction:
Enter a negative number if the coefficient estimate is negative, and round your response to two decimal places.
lnQ=C ____ + _____ InP+ _____ InM
Determine the likely impact of a 3 percent decline in global income on the overall demand of your product.
a. Demand will decline by approximately 0.1%, but since income elasticity isn't significantly different from zero, it likely won't fall at all.
b. Demand will fall by nearly 10%, and income elasticity is significantly less than zero.
c. Demand will fall by nearly 1%, and income elasticity is significantly less than zero.
d. Demand will decline by approximately 3%, but since income elasticity isn't significantly different from zero, it likely won't fall at all.

You have your choice of two investment accounts. Investment A is a 6-year annuity that features end-of-month $1,980 payments and has an interest rate of 7 percent compounded monthly. Investment B is an annually compounded lump-sum investment with an interest rate of 9 percent, also good for 6 years.
How much money would you need to invest in B today for it to be worth as much as Investment A 6 years from now? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

Kim works for a clothing manufacturer as a dress designer. During 2020, she travels to New York City to attend five days of fashion shows and then spends three days sightseeing. Her expenses are as follows:

Airfare $1,800
Lodging (8 nights) 2,340
Meals (8 days) 2,160
Airport transportation 115

Assume lodging/meals are the same amount for the business and personal portion of the trip ($293 per day for lodging and $270 per day for meals).

Required:
a. Presuming no reimbursement, how much can kim deduct as to the trip?
b. Would the tax treatment of Kim's deduction differ if she was an independent contractor (rather than an employee)? Explain.

Russell Retail Group begins the year with inventory of $65,000 and ends the year with inventory of $55,000. During the year, the company has four purchases for the following amounts. Purchase on February 17 $ 220,000 Purchase on May 6 140,000 Purchase on September 8 170,000 Purchase on December 4 420,000 Required: Calculate cost of goods sold for the year.

Diamond Company manufactures two models of cassette recorders: VCH and MTV. Based on the following production data for April, prepare a production budget.

VCH MTV
Estimated inventory (units), April 1 2,900 4,000
Desired inventory (units), April 30 6,900 5,250
Expected sales volume (units):
Eastern zone 12,500 12,960
Midwest zone 19,000 19,800
Western zone 14,500 9,840

If you could start your own business, WHAT type of business would you start and WHY? Be sure your idea is a business and not a charity (animal shelter, helping homeless, etc.) The goal of your business should be to make a profit. Please answer in 3-4 sentences. "Henry Ford wanted to produce cars more efficiently; Oprah Winfrey wanted to help people make their lives better; Steve Jobs wanted to provide customers with user- friendly personal computers and new entertainment ideas." I А.​

A machine purchased three years ago for $306,000 has a current book value using straight-line depreciation of $190,000; its operating expenses are $38,000 per year. A replacement machine would cost $222,000, have a useful life of eleven years, and would require $10,000 per year in operating expenses. It has an expected salvage value of $76,000 after eleven years. The current disposal value of the old machine is $86,000; if it is kept 11 more years, its residual value would be $10,000. Required Calculate the total costs in keeping the old machine and purchase a new machine. Should the old machine be replaced

On January 5, Barnaby, Inc., purchased a patent costing $100,000 with a useful life of 20 years. The company records its adjusting entries at the end of each year on December 31.
Complete the necessary adjusting entry by selecting the account names from the drop-down menus and entering the dollar amounts in the debit or credit columns.

Sales promotions that provide consumers an incentive to buy a product, such as a cents-off coupons or a discount, are widely used, especially for the type of products we buy in the grocery store. For the company offering the discounts and coupons, one of the risks with such a strategy is that _______________.it is challenging to track usage of the couponsit will not provide a believable messageretailers are typically not interested in helping out with such campaignsconsumers who typically buy other brands will switch to the promoted brandit might only appeal to already loyal customers who stockpile the product when it is on sale for later consumption

Mongar Corporation applies manufacturing overhead to products on the basis of standard machine-hours. Budgeted and actual overhead costs for the most recent month appear below:

Original Budget Actual Costs
Variable overhead costs:
Supplies $7,980 $8,230
Indirect labor 29,820 29,610
Total variable manufacturing overhead cost $37,800 $37,840

The original budget was based on 4,200 machine-hours. The company actually worked 4,350 machine-hours during the month and the standard hours allowed for the actual output were 4,190 machine-hours. What was the overall variable overhead efficiency variance for the month?

a. $130 Unfavorable
b. $950 Favorable
c. $1,440 Unfavorable
d. $1,310 Favorable

Baiman, Inc. issues $1,000,000 of zero-coupon bonds that mature in 10 years. Compute the bond issue price assuming that the bonds' market rate is:

a. 10% per year compounded semiannually.
Round your answers to the nearest dollar.

What would it cost an insurance company to replace a family's personal property that originally cost $25,000? The replacement costs
for the items have increased 15 percent.

According to the standard cost card, each helmet should require 0.52 kilograms of plastic, at a cost of $8.00 per kilogram. Required: 1. What is the standard quantity of kilograms of plastic (SQ) that is allowed to make 3,400 helmets? 2. What is the standard materials cost allowed (SQ × SP) to make 3,400 helmets? 3. What is the materials spending variance? 4. What is the materials price variance and the materials quantity variance?

Calculate the contribution to total performance from currency, country, and stock selection for the manager in the example below. All exchange rates are expressed as units of foreign currency that can be purchased with 1 U.S. dollar. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places. Input all amounts as positive values.) EAFE Weight Return on Equity Index E1/E0 Manager's Weight Manager's Return Europe 0.6 15 % 1 0.6 12 % Australasia 0.3 16 1.4 0.1 17 Far East 0.1 20 1.2 0.3 17

Lumpkin Company sells lamps and other lighting fixtures. The purchasing department manager prepared the following inventory purchases budget. Lumpkin’s policy is to maintain an ending inventory balance equal to 10 percent of the following month’s cost of goods sold. April’s budgeted cost of goods sold is $40,000. Required Complete the inventory purchases budget by filling in the missing amounts.