<u>A. By conducting a focus group before launching the product</u>
Pricing in the business world is very delicate. People will always tend to go for the cheapest product if they aren't loyal to a specific brand. So, when you are starting a business, it is extremely important to focus on pricing. Your prices have to be low enough for people to buy them, but high enough to break even and make a profit.
A focus group would have assisted Kalim in finding the best price for his product. By conducting this, the group would have told him exactly what they would pay for something like his product. However, the damage done is not permanent. He should now lower the prices or conduct a focus group to find out the best price for his food.
Answer: creeping featurism
Explanation: Creeping featurism is a slang used for the term feature creep. It refers to the problem faced by the consumers due to continuous addition of features in an existing product. These addition make the product more complex and hard to use for the users.
In the given case, some customers of mobile phone have a belief that the new features added to the phones have made it complex and less reliable.
Thus, we can conclude that the given case is an example of creeping featurism.
Answer: A.) $32.64 per machine hour
Explanation:
Given the following :
Estimated machine hours = 41,000 machine hours
Estimated variable manufacturing overhead = $4.16 per machine hour
Estimated total fixed manufacturing overhead = $1,167,680
Total Estimated manufacturing overhead :
(Estimated total variable manufacturing overhead + Estimated total fixed manufacturing overhead)
Estimated total variable manufacturing overhead:
$4.16 × estimated hours
= $4.16 × 41,000
= $170560
Total Estimated manufacturing overhead :
$170560 + $1,167,680 = $1338240
Hence,
Predetermined overhead rate :
Total Estimated manufacturing overhead / estimated hours
= $1338240 / 41000
=$32.64
Answer:
The amount in the account on the 18th birthday = $ 25,645.41
Explanation:
<em>The investment can be described as an ordinary annuity. An ordinary annuity is a series of equal periodic cash flows that occur for a certain number of years</em>
<em>The amount the invest will accrue principal plus interest is known as the f</em><u><em>uture value</em></u><em> of the annuity</em>
It is determined as follows:
<em>FV = A × ( (1+r)^n -1 ) / r</em>
FV - ?, A = 1000. r - 4%- 0.04, n - 18
FV = 1,000× ( ( (1.04)^(18) - 1 )/ 0.04
= 1,000 × 25.64541288
= $ 25,645.41
The amount in the account on the 18th birthday = $ 25,645.41
Answer:
C) ABC 5% and DEF 5.7%
Explanation:
Data provided in the question:
Purchasing Cost of Stock ABC purchased = $40 per share
Purchasing Cost of Stock DEF purchased = $35 per share
Time = 6 months
Selling price of share of ABC = $42 per share
Selling price of DEF share = $36
Dividend paid to the DEF = $0.5 each quarter i.e $0.5 twice in 6 months
Thus,
Total dividend paid to DEF = $0.5 × 2
= $1
Now,
For ABC
Total return = Selling price - Purchasing Cost
= $42 - $40
= $2 per share
thus,
Holding period return = [ Total return ÷ Purchasing cost ] × 100%
= [ $2 ÷ $40 ] × 100%
= 5%
For DEF
Total return = Selling price + Dividend received - Purchasing Cost
= $36 + $1 - $35
= $2 per share
thus,
Holding period return = [ Total return ÷ Purchasing cost ] × 100%
= [ $2 ÷ $35 ] × 100%
= 5.7%
Hence,
option C) ABC 5% and DEF 5.7%.
