Instructor Assignment # 1. 1. Alex Miller‚ Inc.‚ sells car batteries to service stations for an average of $30 each. The variable cost of each battery is $20 and monthly fixed manufacturing costs total $10‚000. Other monthly fixed costs of the company total $8‚000. Required: a. What is the breakeven point in batteries? b. What is the margin of safety‚ assuming sales total $60‚000?
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Compute a materials price variance for the plates purchased last month and a materials quantity variance for the plates used last month. Materials Price Variance measures the difference between what is paid for a given quantity of materials and what should have been paid according to the standard. (Actual Quantity x Actual Price) – (Actual Quantity x Standard Price) or AQ (AP-SP) Materials Price Variance = 12‚000 plates x ($2.50 - $2.35) = $1‚800 Materials Quantity Variance measures the difference
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central problems are 1. What and how much to produce. 2. How to produce it. 3. For whom to produce it (Colander‚ 2010). Individuals frequently assume that economics only concern is with business‚ money‚ and supply‚ and demand. However‚ economics began as a branch of philosophy‚ and Alfred Marshall‚ the 19th century economist describes economics as the study of individuals in the business of everyday life. * Scarcity Colander (2010) stated “scarcity has two elements: our wants and our means
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To: L M. Butler From: J. Paul CC: T Last Date: [ 5/30/2010 ] Re: Request for Funding I would like to request funding to participate in the upcoming class‚ Business Communications‚ held at Tulane University‚ uptown campus. As a driven-minded employee of the United States Postal Service‚ I have been working on a research paper‚ which discusses the impact of a 5-day work week from a letter carriers perspective. This research paper will provide another source of information to the United States
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Reflection QNT351 June 12‚ 2014 Reflection Over the last four weeks of being in the QNT/351 course our team has learned a lot about researching a hypothesis and understanding the mean. The hypothesis testing begins with the statement and the assumption that determines the population of the mean‚ (Lind‚ 2011‚ p.288.). There are five steps taken which include; state the hypothesis‚ select level of significance for it‚ identify the test statistics‚ formulate decision rule‚ and take a sample to
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The Problems with Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Rhoshandia Agboje University of Phoenix Online Abstract The aim is to summarize‚ evaluate and argue the validity of information that demonstrates the issues with antibiotic-resistant bacteria. A plan to minimize/reduce these issues in the future shall be presented with explanations regarding effectiveness. The Problems with Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Antibiotic-Resistance is the ability of bacteria and other microorganisms to resist the effects of
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University of Phoenix Material Employee Portfolio: Motivation Action Plan Determine the motivational strategy or strategies that would likely be most appropriate for each of your three employees‚ based on their individual characteristics. Indicate how you would leverage their employee evaluations to motivate each of the three employees. Describe one or more of the motivational theories and explain how the theories connect to each of your selected motivational strategies. |Team Member
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Week 3 Updated Quiz in RES 342(r6) The quiz is worth a total of 10 points. This assignment is due on Monday of week 3. This is an individual effort! If you receive other human assistance‚ you must document it when you submit the quiz. I’ll consider this assistance in determining your score. Of course‚ you’re encouraged to seek any published assistance or any assistance on the Internet‚ provided that you document such assistance. (This may even help your score). The dean of a large and
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Environmental Scanning of Wal-Mart and Target Lizette Morales MGT/498 March 30‚ 2016 Week 3 There are many successful corporations in the world because they are aware that change and trends can occur at anytime. It is essential for corporations to be susceptible to change as well as using tools to show the internal and external factors of their organization. Implementing measurement tools to will help determine the status of the organization. Research show‚ to identify the need
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1.Discuss the underlying reasons for the rapid growth of crime laboratories in the United States since the late 1960s.The development of crime laboratories in the United states has been characterized by rapid growth accompanied by a lack of national and regional planning and coordination.Four major reasons for increase of crime laboratories in the United States since the 1960s is(1) the fact that the requirement to advise criminal suspects of their constitutional rights and their
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