Answer:
The labor productivity for Deluxe and Limited cars are as follows:
Units/Hour dollars
Deluxe Car 0.13 103.64
Limited Car 0.21 156.54
Explanation:
It is noteworthy that labor productivity in terms of units/hour does not put into consideration quality of product, selling prices and skill level of the manufacturing workers. It would extremely difficult for supervisors to find out the workers that are better in terms of unit/hour.
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Answer:
Some major factors:
Natural Resources
Physical Capital or Infrastructure
Population or Labor
Human Capital
Technology
Law
Poor Health & Low Levels of Education
Lack of Necessary Infrastructure
Explanation:
Answer:
- <u><em>1. CPI in the subsequent year: 1,135</em></u>
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- <u><em>2. Rate of inflation: 13.5%</em></u>
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Explanation:
<u>1. Calculate the CPI</u>
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<em>CPI </em>is the consumer price index.
CPI is created using a basket of goods and services that are typically consumed.
In the given case the typical basket is:
- Gasoline and car maintenance
- Phone service (basic service plus 10 long-distance calls).
Then to find the CPI for a determined year you multiply each item by its price and then add up all the results.
For the base year, the expenditures per month were:
- 25 pizzas at $ 10: $10 × 25 = $250
- Gasoline and car maintenance: $100
- Phone service (basic service plus 10 long-distance calls): $50
Then, the CPI for the base year is:
- CPI = $250 + $600 + $100 + $50 = $1,000
The year following the base year, the expenditures per month are:
- 25 pizzas at $ 11 : $11 × 25 = $275
- Gasoline and car maintenance: $120
- Phone service (basic service plus 10 long-distance calls): $40
Then the CPI for the followng year is:
- CPI = $275 + $700 + $120 + $40 = $1,135
<u>2. Calculate the rate of inflation</u>
The rate of<em> inflation</em> is defined as the increase of the CPI of the given year with respect ot the base year:
The formula to calculate the rate of inflation is:
- Inflation = (CPI of the year - CPI of the base year) / (CPF of the base year) × 100
- Inflation = [ (1,135 - 1,000) / (1,000)] × 100 = 13.5%
Hence, <em>the rate of inflation for the subsequent year is 13.5%</em>
Answer and Explanation:
The computation is shown below;
a. Raw material price variance is
= (standard price - actual price) × actual quantity
= ($10 - $11) × ($69,300 ÷ $11)
= ($10 - $11) × 6,300
= $6,300 unfavorable
b. The raw material usage variance is
= (Standard quantity - actual quantity) × standard price
= (525 × 13 - 6,300) × $10
= $5,250 favorable
In this way it should be calculated
