Answer:
a. decrease
b. increase
c. increase
Explanation:
A call center has added a telephone line coming to its customer service department. The proportion of potential customer getting a busy line will decrease because now there is one additional line that can be used to serve caller. The average flow time experienced by customers will increase. Utilization of all the telephone lines shows the productivity of call center. The average utilization of customer service representative will increase because customer representative will have one more line to address the call by customers.
Total cost for the trip = $800.
Let x = original number of friends.
Therefore the equally shared cost of the trip for each friend is $800/x.
After 2 friends drop out, the cost for each friend increases to $800/(x-2).
The increase in cost for each remaining friend is $20, therefore

Divide through by 20.

Cross multiply.
x(x - 2) = 80
x² - 2x - 80 = 0
(x + 8)(x - 10) = 0
x = -8 or 10
Reject x = -8 because we cannot have a negative number for friends.
x = 10
Answer: There were 10 friends in the original group.
Answer:
A. Attacking Competition.
Explanation:
Audi's approach of targeting younger professionals in established markets is a strategic move aimed at attacking competition because 'target market'is a market positioning strategy. A target market is a particular group of customers that a product or company is aiming at, and in the case of Audi it is young professionals in established markets. Target market is also a marketing strategy which shows the area of the market that a particular competitor wants to focus on, to gain market share.
Answer:
Consider the following calculations
Explanation:
Step 1. Given information
- Sales $7,270,000
- Gross profit 1,450,000
- Indirect labor 330,000
- Indirect materials 195,000
- Other factory overhead 90,000
- Materials purchased 5,100,000
- Total manufacturing costs for the period 6,170,000
- Materials inventory, end of period 480,000
Step 2. Calculation according to the following formulas.
a. Cost of goods sold = Sales-Gross profit = 7270000-1450000= $582000
b. Direct materials cost = 5100000-195000-480000= $4425000
c. Direct labor cost = 6170000-4425000-330000-195000-90000= $1130000