the material price variance and usage variances for the month. 2. Calculate the labor rate and efficiency variances for the month. 3. How would your answers to Questions 1 and 2 change if you had been told that November’s planned production activity was 4‚000 units of A and 4‚000 units of B? 4. How would your answers to question 1 and 2 change if you had been told that November’s sales were 4‚000 units of A and 3‚500 units of B? SOLUTIONS: 1. (a.) MATERIAL PRICE AND (b.) USAGE
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PRICE ELASCITIY OF DEMAND: There are several uses of Price Elasticity of Demand that is why firms gather information about the Price Elasticity of Demand of its products. A firm will know much more about its internal operations and product costs than it will about its external environment. Therefore‚ gathering data on how consumers respond to changes in price can help reduce risk and uncertainly. More specifically‚ knowledge of Price Elasticity of Demand can help the firm forecast its sales and
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The Changing Price Elasticity of Demand for Domestic Airline Travel Consumers make economic decisions as to what they buy based largely on price. More specifically‚ the change in the amount of a good purchased is often highly dependent on its change in price. That measure of responsiveness is defined as the price elasticity of demand. Mathematically‚ it is often expressed as: Ed = - percent change in quantity demanded / percent change in price‚ or -(dQ/Q)/(dP/P). The minus sign is often
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following would most likely cause equilibrium quantity and price of x to rise? (a) a fall in income when the income elasticity of demand for x is positive Wrong. This will cause a drop in demand and thus a fall in quantity. (b) a fall in the price of complementary product y Correct. A fall in a complementary product will cause a rise in demand for that product “y” and thus a rise in demand of product “x” (see graph). (c) a fall in the price of substitute product Z Wrong. A fall in a substitute
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Price and Quantity Adjustments for Australian Tourism and Hospitality Products. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This report is aimed to provide knowledge about the fundamental microeconomics which is demand and supply. Through the research of books and online information‚ the following report demonstrates the information about the change in supply and demand by price and non-price determinants. These would be illustrated through the analysis of three different scenarios. In addition‚ the report also
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Evaluate the view that‚ because price discrimination enables firms to make more profit‚ firms‚ but not consumers‚ benefit from price discrimination Price discrimination is where a firm changes different consumers different prices for the same service. Consumer Surplus is the difference between what the consumer is willing to pay and the price they actually have to pay. In all three degrees of price discrimination firms are able to make more profit and eliminate any excess capacity they
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raise prices when facing an inelastic demand curve but might or might not raise price when facing an elastic demand curve? Explain and justify your answers in detail. Elasticity and profit maximization behavior When facing an inelastic demand curve‚ a profit maximizing businessman would always raise price because increase in price will bring about increase in total revenue. On the other hand‚ when facing an elastic demand curve‚ he might or might not raise price because increase in price will
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difference between actual cost and standard cost. True False 8. A budget performance report that includes variances can have variances caused by both price differences and quantity differences. True False 9. A cost variance equals the sum of the quantity variance and the price variance. True False 10. When computing a price variance‚ the price is held constant. True False 11. Within the same budget performance report‚ it is impossible to have both favorable and unfavorable variances
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The High Cost of Low Prices Summary The activist Robert Greenwald produced a documentary named Wal-Mart: High Cost of Low Prices to enlighten Americans of the effects this major company has on society. In this documentary‚ Greenwald interviews former employees from different ranks. Greenwald also uses crime rate statistics to demonstrate the lack of surveillance in the parking lot of the store. The producer also interviews the Chinese factory workers who are exploited in China. He also points
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practical application of Price elasticity and Income elasticity of demand. Practical application of price elasticity of demand is as follows: • Production planning - It helps the producer to decide about the volume of production. If the demand for his products is inelastic‚ specific quantities can be produced while he has to produce different quantities if the demand is elastic. • Helps in fixing the prices of different goods - It helps a producer to fix his price of his product. If the demand
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