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3 years ago

What are the factors that a business must consider in choosing a method of transporting goods?

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Before a business selects the process of transporting their goods, they need to consider some important steps in the transportation process. How long will the items take to reach their destination? How soon would the supplier need the product once they are produced? Which option would be the quickest? Safest? Businesses should also consider the self-life of their product. Is the item perishable? What is the weight of the item/s being transported?

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What type of economy is an economic system in which private businesses can operate freely with minimal state control?Henry lives

Sonja [21]

Answer:

Private business freedom : Capitalist or Market Economy. Henry is more likely in Socialist Economy.

Explanation:

Economy type in which private sector has full freedom, un-intervened by government or state control is Capitalist or Market Economy. Profit maximisation motive & high consumer choice, sovereignity such economy's main features.

Henry's country which gives incentives to reallocate production choice 'what to produce' (from consumer goods to military goods). He has more efficient idea for work implementation, but lacks incentive (probably due to lack of creative & innovative ideas reward). These features characterise a Socialist Economy, in which government or state has supreme power over central economic decisions. Social welfare is considered priority, government monopoly curbs innovation & creativity, there is less consumer choice, sovereignity.

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3 years ago

Contribution Margin Molly Company sells 37,000 units at $19 per unit. Variable costs are $11.59 per unit, and fixed costs are $1

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Answer:

(a) Contribution margin ratio = 0.39, or 39%

(b) the unit contribution margin = $7.4 per unit

Explanation:

Total revenue = 37,000 × $19 = $703,000

Total variable cost = 37,000 × $11.59 = $428,830

Margin = $703,000 - $428,830 = $274,170

(a) the contribution margin ratio

Contribution margin ratio = $274,170/$703,000 = 0.39, or 39%

(b) the unit contribution margin

Unit contribution margin = $19 - $11.59 = $7.4 per unit

(c) income from operations

Income from operations = $274,170 - $109,700 = $164,470

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3 years ago

An automobile battery manufacturer offers a 39/50 warranty on its batteries. The first number in the warranty code is the free-r

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Answer:

If the manufacturer's assumptions are correct, it would need to replace 8.23% of its batteries free of charge.

Option a) 8.23% is the correct option

the required standard deviation is 3.8

Option a) 3.8 is the correct answer

Explanation:

Given the data in the question;

mean μ = 44

standard deviation σ = 3.6

if a battery fails within 39 months of purchase, the manufacturer replaces the battery at no charge to the consumer. If the battery fails after 39 months but within 50 months

If the manufacturer's assumptions are correct, it would need to replace_____ of its batteries free of charge

p( X < 39 ) = P( X-μ/σ < 39-μ/σ )

we substitute

= p( Z < ((39-44)/3.6 ))

= p( Z < -1.39 )

from standard normal table; p( Z < -1.39 ) = 0.08226 ≈ 0.0823

p( X < 39 ) = 0.0823 or 8.23%

Therefore, If the manufacturer's assumptions are correct, it would need to replace 8.23% of its batteries free of charge.

Option a) 8.23% is the correct option

The company finds that it s replacing 9.34% of its batteries free of charge. It suspects that its assumption about the standard deviation of the life of its batteries is incorrect. A standard deviation of ______ results in a 9.34% replacement rate.

given that;

P( Z < x-μ/σ ) = 9.34%

⇒ P( Z < 39-44/σ ) = 0.0934 ----- let this be equation 1

now, from standard normal tables

∅( -1.32 ) = 0.0934 ---------- let this equation 2

so from equation 1 and 2

39-44/σ = -132

-5/σ = -1.32

σ = -5 / - 1.32

σ = 3.7879 ≈ 3.8

Therefore, the required standard deviation is 3.8

Option a) 3.8 is the correct answer

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2 years ago

Which of the following is a weakness of publicity? Publicity has high absolute costs. Publicity is difficult to receive good fee

Fittoniya [83]

Answer:

There is a lack of user control over publicity.

Explanation:

Publicity is the degree of awareness of a product, company or service. It is the movent of information from the source to the general public.

One of the weakness of publicity is the lack of control the user or source has over it. Once an information is given to the public they form a perception and spread it in a way that the original source cannot control.

The lack of control a user has over publicity can have adverse effects, for example when negative publicity is circulating in the market a company is operating, it can lead to loss of revenue.

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3 years ago

Coffee Corporation has 2,000 shares of common stock outstanding. John owns 700 of the shares, John’s grandfather owns 100 shares

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Answer:

1,000 shares

Explanation:

The 318 attribution rule states that stock owned directly or indirectly by a partnership is considered to be owned by any partner that owns 5% or more in the business.

This is relevant to family owned businesses and is a way to mark out principal owners of a business in order to avoid tax evasion and fraud.

In this scenario John directly owns 700 of the outstanding shares. But according to the 318 attribution rule, since he he is a 50% partner he owns half of the outstanding 2,000 shares. That is 1,000 shares.

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