unit as standard labor time Actual material prices – 5% less than expected Direct labor costs increased to $8.20 due to increased medical benefits granted last January Using budget data‚ how many motors would have to be sold for Waltham Motors Division to break even? The number of motors to be sold for break even is calculated as shown below. Using budget data‚ what was the total expected cost per unit if all manufacturing & shipping overhead (both variable & fixed) was allocated to planned
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O.C #2-Machiavelli Though often presented as two ideological opposites‚ personally I find there to be a lot more similarities between Plato and Machiavelli than usually acknowledged. Obviously there are some sharp contrasts. If one examines the excerpts from Machiavelli’s “The Prince” and Plato’s “The Republic”‚ it’s easy to conclude that Plato believed it to be essential for a government leader to be just‚ good‚ and free from corruption. Whereas Machiavelli’s ideal ruler is less concerned
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CollegeMay 29‚ 2011 | | Abstract This paper will describe the learning experience of my interviewees while translating what The Myth of the Cave by Plato means to them. Further‚ it will discuss the similarities and differences between the responses received from my interviewees based on my discussion of The Myth of the Cave by Plato as read in Twenty Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy. For this paper‚ I interviewed a group of my peers at work. My company Bombardier makes trains
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justice within an individual and society as a whole‚ and attempts to pinpoint the meaning of the term. He classifies wisdom‚ courage‚ and moderation as the leading qualities a just person should possess. Using a multitude of hypothetical scenarios‚ Plato compares what should be just at a political level to the justness of one’s inner psyche. He provides many scenarios to support his statements‚ however his argument comes across as completely one-sided and biased. Plato’s ideal of a “perfect” society
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fact about Plato is that he was a Dualist. This means that he saw the world comprised of two sorts of things. One subject where this belief especially comes together‚ is his view on human beings. Plato believed that a human was comprised of a body‚ which is physical‚ and a soul‚ which is spiritual. His ideas on the subject‚ although not originally his‚ became the first fully developed ideas in Western Philosophy of human beings consisting of two parts. Like his teacher‚ Socrates‚ Plato believed humans
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definitions of citizenship is that a person can only be defined as one type of citizen. This is a very realistic interpretation‚ as many who immigrate to America continue to practice traditions of their culture. However‚ that is not always the case. In "The Soul of an Immigrant" by Constantine Panunzio and The Melting Pot by Israel Zangwill‚ the main characters express deep emotions about their consensual American citizenship‚ not found in those who are born as Americans‚ which overcomes
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11 October 2013 2014 Kia Soul The 2014 Kia Soul Hamster Commercial is directed to young adults and begins with three overweight hamsters in human form‚ attempting to get fit. While the commercial displays their montage of workouts and Lady Gaga’s new hit single “Applause” plays in the background‚ the perspective alternates between the hamsters and the car designer. This car designer appears to be designing the new 2014 Kia Soul. Once the hamsters and car are ready‚ they make an appearance on
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Conduct: Theories and Applications. New York: Random House‚ pp. 49-57. Ogunmodede Francis 2005. What is justice. In: Pantaleon Iroegbu (Ed.): Kpim of Morality‚ Ethics: General‚ Special and Professional. Ibadan: Heinemann Educational Books‚ pp. 401-415. Plato 1974 The Republic. Translated by Desmond Lee. England: Penguin Books Ltd. UWAEZUOKE PRECIOUS OBIOHA Rearden Myles 1987. Law and Justice. In: Myles Reardden (Ed.): Society and the Rule of Law. Lagos: Heinemann Press‚ pp. 112-114. Russell Bertrand 1979
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undoubtedly informed Plato’s ideas‚ but by the time Plato brings up the notion of a philosopher-king it’s thirty years after Socrates’ death and what the character Socrates says in the Republic is probably much more Plato than Socrates. This is also two hundred years after Confucius‚ so it may even be that the two are not quite so isolated from each other as they may seem. A couple interesting differences between the two become readily apparent. Plato thought that a true philosopher actually wouldn’t
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Question 1: Using budget data‚ how many motors would have to be sold for Waltham Motors Division to breakeven? In order to calculate the breakeven point‚ we use the following equation and budget data: Breakeven Sales*Unit Price-Unit Variable Cost= Fixed Costs Breakeven=Fixed CostsUnitary Price-Unitary Variable Cost Breakeven point=260‚000864000/18000-512800/18000=13‚226 units Q2. Using budget data‚ what was the total expected cost per unit if all manufacturing and shipping overhead (both
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