Answer:
Gross margin $22,346
Explanation:
The computation of the gross margin is shown below:
Sales $66,300
less:
Direct material $15,900
Direct labor $14,430
Overhead $13,624 ($16,244 ÷ 310× 260)
Gross margin $22,346
Hence, the gross margin is $22,346
Answer:
PED = - 1
Explanation:
The PED or price elasticity of demand measures the sensitivity of quantity demanded to changes in price level. It is calculated by taking the percentage change in quantity demanded, which results from a change in price level, and dividing it by the percentage change in price level.
PED = percentage change in Quantity demanded / Percentage change in price
PED = [(800 - 1000) / 1000] / [(12 - 10) / 10]
PED = - 1
Answer:
The contribution margin per unit is $33.50
Explanation:
The contribution margin per unit in the case when the machine is purchased is shown below:
= Selling price per unit - variable cost per unit
= $64 - ($35 - $4.50)
= $64 - $30.50
= $33.50
hence, the contribution margin per unit is $33.50 and the same is to be considered
We simply applied the above formula
Answer:
Credit to the PBO for $13,500
Explanation:
Defined benefit pension plan is a pension structure adopted by a company in which an employee is guaranteed payments in the future for example after retirement. Since the payments are given far into the future, complex calculations are required to compute how to account for annual expenses and changes in pension obligation.
Now, under the above plan, the amount of the future benefits that will be paid for by the company depends on a multitude of factors such length of time served, an employee lifespan. The annual expense needs to match the recognition of the related expense in the period in which the particular employee renders the service for which they will be paid in the future.
So, the formula for Periodic (Annual) Pension Expense is Interest Costs (Interest incurred on the beginning Projected Benefit Obligation) + Service Costs (Present Value of the projected retirement benefits earned in the current period) - Actual Return on Plan Assets (the returns provided by the assets held under the Company's pension plan) + Amortization of Prior Service Costs (changes to pension expense as a retroactive amendments to the pension plan) +/- Amortization of Actuarial Gains or Losses (the change in the PBO as a result of changes in assumptions used to calculate the PBO).
The question provides us with the interest costs, the services costs, and the expected return on plan assets with other costs being nil.
Therefore, annual pension expense is Service Costs + Interest Costs - Expected Return on Plan Assets = 18,500 + 5,500 - 10,500 = 13,500.
The journal entry is a credit to the PBO of the amount of the expense and a debit to the Pension Expense. Note that the difference between ending PBO and beginning PBO is NOT equivalent to annual expense since other items such as company's contribution and changes in fair value of the liability also impact the PBO.
Answer:
Comparative advantage
Explanation:
This concept of economics is comparative advantage that means one country has advantage of producing same product at lower cost than other. In this question China has comparative advantage over USA,
This may be due to different reasons.
1. Population of China is greater than USA, that is why employees are willing to work on low salaries in China as compared to salaries are offered in the US.
2. China is comparatively better in manufacturing industry as of with USA.
