The Pacific Manufacturing Company operates a job-order costing system and applies overhead cost to jobs on the basis of direct labor cost. In computing an overhead rate for the year‚ the company’s estimates were: manufacturing overhead cost‚ $126‚000; and direct labor cost‚ $84‚000. The company has provided the following data in the form of an Excel worksheet: [pic] .:. Required: 1. a. Compute the predetermined overhead rate for the year. b. Compute the amount of underapplied or overapplied
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intervals for u. b. Using the 95 percent confidence interval‚ can we be 95 percent confident that u is at least 50 pounds? Explain c. Using the 99% confidence interval‚ can we be 99% confident that u is at least 50 pounds? explain d. Based on your answers to parts b and c‚ how convinced are you that the new 30-gallon trash bag is the strongest such bag on the market? (a) (i) 95% confidence interval for μ:n = 40 x-bar = 50.575 s = 1.65 % = 95 Standard Error‚ SE = σ/Ön = 0.2609 z- score
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Applied Anthropology is the use of anthropological knowledge and skills to solve practical problems; the application of anthropological expertise to the needs of society. It is also referred to as the fifth subfiled of anthropology‚ which works within physical‚ cultural‚ archeological and linguistic anthropology‚ to faciliate positive outcomes in troubled araeas of human need. The work of Dr. Mikel Hogan interested me the most; I have never before given a thought as to how applied anthropology
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Some major economic problems currently facing the United States are poverty‚ welfare‚ and equal pay. The word poverty is defined by the Office of Management and Budget‚ the definition is a person with an income less than suitable to buy the basic necessities to live like food and a place to sleep. Poverty is not the same in every state and there is not just one meaning or one type of poverty‚ there are actually 6 types of poverty: rural‚ general‚ urban‚ relative‚ situational‚ and absolute. The
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Part 1 of Final Project Melissa Scott 1/28/2014 Pablo Simon Managerial Accounting Strategic business decisions are essential to achieve the long-term goals of the company. Strategies are mostly concerned with the scope of business activities and growth in the business (Rosenzweig‚ 2013). They form the fundamental basis for any organization‚ which is based on the facts and in-depth analysis. Historical trends in the financial statement provide for guidance about the performance
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sales trend percent for 2005 is: Analysis Period amount/Base Period Amount x100 9. One of several ratios that reflects solvency includes the: Debt-to-equity ratio 10. Current assets divided by current liabilities is the: Current Ration 11. Ch.18 Managerial accounting is different from financial accounting in that: (users and decision makers‚ purpose of info‚ flexibility of practice‚ timeliness of information‚ time decision‚ focus of information‚ nature of information) 12. Which of the following items
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Define leadership and management/supervision. What are the primary differences and what are the similarities? Leadership is defined as the ability to attract capable people‚ motivate them to put forth their best efforts and solve problems that arise (Manning‚ 2012). Simply stated‚ leadership is social influence and influences people to leave a mark and initiate change resulting in a desired outcome (Manning‚ 2102). Management is often confused with leadership. Management involves four functions—planning
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FIELD EXPERIMENTS IN ECONOMICS By: Ravisha Sodha INTRODUCTION: Field experiments occupy an important middle ground between laboratory experiments and naturally occurring field data. The underlying idea behind most field experiments is to make use of randomization in an environment that captures important characteristics of the real world. Distinct from traditional empirical economics‚ field experiments provide an advantage by permitting the researcher to create exogenous variation in the variables
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is better. Q2. Assume that you have given a choice between incurring an immediate outlay of Rs 10‚000 and having to pay Rs 2310 a year for 5 years (first payment due one year from now) the discount rate is 11%. What would be your choice? Will your answer change if Rs 2310 is paid in the beginning of each year for 5 years? Ans Option 1: Annuity Deferred: 2310*3.6959 = 8537.5 Option 2: Annuity Due 2310*3.6959 *1.11 = 9477 Both the options are better than paying lumpsum of Rs
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MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS MEANING OF MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS Managerial economics‚ used synonymously with business economics‚ is a branch of economics that deals with the application of microeconomic analysis to decision-making techniques of businesses and management units. It acts as the via media between economic theory and pragmatic economics. Managerial economics bridges the gap between ’theoria’ and ’pracis’. The tenets of managerial economics have been derived from quantitative techniques such as regression
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