Answer:
A. $68,200
Explanation:
Retail Cost
Beginning inventory $60,000
$120,000
Plus: Net purchases. $312,000
$480,000
Goods available for sale $372,000
$600,000
Cost to retail percentage = $372,000 ÷ $600,000 = 62%
Less : Net sales
($490,000)
Estimated ending inventory at retail
$110,000
Estimated ending inventory at cost
62% × $110,000 = $68,200
Answer:
Ahmed must bake 48 Chocolate Decadence pies and 7 Mint Breezes pies in order to get the maximum possible profit = $131.91
Explanation:
let x = chocolate decadence
let y = mint breezes
maximize revenue equation = 2.56x + 1.29y
the constraints are:
7x + 8y ≤ 392
x ≥ 6
x ≤ 48
y ≥ 3
y ≤ 42
using solver, profits are maximized when 48x + 7y = $131.91
Answer: False
Explanation:
CEOs are top management and top management use all five functions of management to ensure that the company reaches its goals and objectives.
The CEO has to use <u>planning</u> to to decide what long term strategies the company will use to achieve its goals. They have to use<u> controlling</u> to evaluate and improve the methods the company is taking to achieve its long term goals.
They also have to use <u>staffing</u> to hire the best top level and middle level talents that can push the company forward. As management they have to use <u>leading</u> to get the employees inspired to move the company forward and finally they will use<u> organizing</u> to put the various processes in the company together to ensure that the company's goals are met.
In the question above, Walt asks for 10 gallons of gas while Jessie asks for $10 worth of gas. In both the cases, the drivers need gas but Walt is concerned about the quantity of gas and Jessie is concerned about the price of the gas.
In case of Walt, the price elasticity of demand is zero because he want 10 gallons of gas regardless of the price of gas per gallon. While in case of Jessie, the price elasticity of demand is one because he wants to buy gas worth $10, no matter what is the price of the gas per gallon.
Answer: a. 24.05 million
b. 66.99%
c. 4.62 million
d. 19.21%
Explanation:
a. Total Labor force is the sum total of people who are employed and those who are actively looking for work. The Bureau of Labor Statistics defines actively looking for work as looking for work int he past 4 weeks.
= Part-time workers + full time workers + those who looked for work in the past 2 weeks + those who looked for work in the past 2 - 4 weeks
= 4.9 million + 14.53 million + 2.90 million + 1.72 million
= 24.05 million
b. labor force participation rate is the percentage of a country's non-institutionalized working age population that are actively looking for work. Its formula =
X 100
Laborland's labor force participation rate (%) =
X 100
= 66.99%
c. Unemployed People by the standards of the Bureau of Labor Statistics are the people who have looked for work in the past 4 weeks and are still employed. That is those who looked for work in the past 2 weeks + those who looked for work in the past 2 - 4 weeks.
= 2.90 million + 1.72 million
= 4.62 million
d. Unemployment rate is the percentage of the labor force that are actively looking for work and are still out of work.
Unemployment rate =
x 100
=
x 100
=19.21%