1. Using budget data‚ how many motors would have to be sold for Waltham Motors Division to break even? Budgeted CM / Budgeted units sold = $351‚200 / 18‚000 = $19.51 per unit Budgeted FC / 19.51 = 260‚000 / 19.51 = 13‚326 units 2. Using budget data‚ what was the total expected cost per unit if all manufacturing and shipping overhead (both variable and fixed) was allocated to planned production
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out west in search of a better life. Tom Joad‚ the protagonist‚ and his family move from one camp to another‚ struggling for food and work while also trying to keep the family together. The latter effort gets harder as both grandparents die‚ Rose of Sharon gives birth to a stillborn‚ and two family members leave the group to go out on their own. Things seem grim and even the preacher Jim Cays seems to lose his faith‚ “So maybe there ain’t no sin‚ and there ain’t no virtue. It’s
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down. But he puked it all up‚ an ’ then he was weaker. Got to have soup or milk. You folks got money to git milk?" (Page 580) The Joads have no money‚ but ma and Rose of Sharon come up with a solution. "…Rose of Sharon loosened one side of the blanket and bared her breast…" (Page 581). Before everything that had happened‚ Rose of Sharon would never have breast fed someone she didn ’t know‚ even someone she did know for that matter. But hardship and oppression have changed her. She now has empathy for
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family is not completely united together but is more financially stable. The Joads were closer together as a family even though there were still some separations while chasing their dreams. For instance‚ when Connie left Rose of Sharon in The Grapes of Wrath‚ Rose of Sharon started to lose hope and worry. She was having a baby with Connie and she did not know if anything was going to be fine. However‚ even though this happened Ma tried to comfort her and Pa tried to show her how bad Connie was so she
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Sharon P. Lam 18 September 2013 CPC Per. 2 Because of him I have a life… He gave me a beautiful life‚ not an affluent one but it was something. My father is the reason why I have a life‚ why I am the person I am now. Even though he tells me I shouldn’t take this life for granted‚ I still do. For a girl who grew up into poverty‚ I thought just maybe I would make careful decisions but I don’t and that’s a lesson I learned the hard way; the lesson I learned from my dad. Since 1996 to current
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cost effective when facing with the steep penalties of not meeting the time limit. In addition if everything goes very smoothly the company will finish the project 8 weeks earlier than expected and save money on overhead expenses. Sharon Construction Corporation has been awarded contract for the construction of a 20‚000 seat stadium. The project must be finished within one year. The project is scheduled to be done in 48 weeks‚ but the leeway is 52 weeks. There is a 50% chance of the
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For the next couple of days‚ people would point at me in the halls‚ or yell stuff at me like‚ “Hey Sharon! You going to marry one of them blacks?!?!” or “Black-lover!”. I didn’t care though. I had stood up for what I thought was right and I am proud for it. On the 24th‚ the president sent Army’s men and guards for the blacks so they could join us in class
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in deviance Charles Manson‚ for the last 43 years‚ has captivated a nation. In August of 1969‚ he managed to bring together a group of people which were from a portion of society that no one would seem to associate with the horrendous murders of Sharon Tate‚ Jay Sebring‚ Abigail Folger‚ Voytek Frykowski‚ Steven Parent‚ Rosemary LaBianca‚ and Leno LaBianca. This group which Manson formed was known simply as “The Family.” Some called him a madman‚ some called him a genius‚ other called him a nightmare
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The Joad family is forced to move to California because of the Oklahoma Dust Bowl‚ which has made it impossible for them to earn a livelihood through farming. Drought and depression has made it impossible for farmers to grow a substantial amount to live on. As inflation rises and wages drop‚ a gigantic worker migration heads West in search of Jobs. They have seen notices asking for workers in the western part of the United States‚ and travel thinking that they will find gainful employment
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Ethnic conflict between Israeli and Palestine Many countries during the time have fought one another. Some of the fights resulted in global wars‚ some maintained only a local significance‚ but still there are a lot of issues that are dealt with by using military force. These issues have varied over the time from the distribution of power to religion‚ race‚ and ethnicity and so on. The purpose of this essay is to look into the ethnic conflict of Israel and Palestine and to reveal the basis of
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