Answer: Yes. AudioCable should buy a new equipment
Explanation:
Audiocables Inc. without new equipment:
Selling price: $1.40
Variable cost: $0.50
Fixed cost: $14,000
Sales: 30000 units
Total cost = Fixed cost + Variable cost
= $14000 + ($0.50 × 30000)
= $14000 + $15000
= $29000
Revenue = Sales × Selling price
= 30000 × $1.40
= $42000
Profit = Revenue - Total Cost
= $42000 - $29000
= $13000
Audiocables Inc. with new equipment:
Selling price: $1.40
Variable cost: $0.60
Fixed cost: $14,000 + $6000 = $20000
Sales: 50000 units
Total cost = Fixed cost + Variable cost
= $20000 + ($0.60 × 50000)
= $20000 + $30000
= $50000
Revenue = Sales × Selling price
= 50000 × $1.40
= $70000
Profit = Revenue - Total Cost
= $70000 - $50000
= $20000
From the calculations made, AudioCable buy a new equipment as profit generated is more.
Answer:
The correct answer is option b.
Explanation:
Shen is working in a country where the inflation rate is high.
He gets a salary every two weeks.
After receiving his salary he immediately goes out and buys all the goods he is going to need over the next two weeks.
He converts the remaining salary in a more stable currency.
He does this in order to prevent his salary from losing purchasing power.
This effort that he is making to prevent his real income from losing value is called the shoe-leather cost of inflation.
The shoe-leather cost can be defined as the cost of time and effort made to prevent the cash holdings from losing their value.
The question is incomplete. Here is the complete question:
The following annual returns for Stock E are projected over the next year for three possible states of the economy. What is the stock’s expected return and standard deviation of returns? E(R) = 8.5% ; σ = 22.70%; mean = $7.50; standard deviation = $2.50
State Prob E(R)
Boom 10% 40%
Normal 60% 20%
Recession
30% - 25%
Answer:
The expected return of the stock E(R) is 8.5%.
The standard deviation of the returns is 22.7%
Explanation:
<u>Expected return</u>
The expected return of the stock can be calculated by multiplying the stock's expected return E(R) in each state of economy by the probability of that state.
The expected return E(R) = (0.4 * 0.1) + (0.2 * 0.6) + (-0.25 * 0.3)
The expected return E(R) = 0.04 + 0.12 -0.075 = 0.085 or 8.5%
<u>Standard Deviation of returns</u>
The standard deviation is a measure of total risk. It measures the volatility of the stock's expected return. The standard deviation (SD) of a stock's return can be calculated by using the following formula:
SD = √(rA - E(R))² * (pA) + (rB - E(R))² * (pB) + ... + (rN - E(R))² * (pN)
Where,
- rA, rB to rN is the return under event A, B to N.
- pA, pB to pN is the probability of these events to occur
- E(R) is the expected return of the stock
Here, the events are the state of economy.
So, SD = √(0.4 - 0.085)² * (0.1) + (0.2 - 0.085)² * (0.6) + (-0.25 - 0.085)² * (0.3)
SD = 0.22699 or 22.699% rounded off to 22.70%
Answer:
a. Incremental costs = (Direct materials + Direct labor) * 20%
Incremental costs = ($26 + $28) * 20%
Incremental costs = $54 * 20%
Incremental costs = $10.8
Incremental selling price = $72 - $64.8 = $7.2
Incremental profit (loss) = Incremental selling price - Incremental costs = $7.2 - $10.8 = $(3.6)
b. No. As there is Incremental loss, it should not be processed further
