You are evaluating the following two investment opportunities:

Black Bear Auto Company incurred $120,000 of indirect advertising costs for its operations. The following 2017 data have been co

Alex

Answer:

a. Allocating cost using direct advertising costs

We have:

Cost allocated to New Cars = $60,000

Cost allocated to Used Cars = $48,000

Cost allocated to Parts and Service = $12,000

b. Allocating cost using Newspaper ad space

We have:

Cost allocated to New Cars = $72,000

Cost allocated to Used Cars = $36,000

Cost allocated to Parts and Service = $12,000

c. Allocating cost using Sales

We have:

Cost allocated to New Cars = $60,000

Cost allocated to Used Cars = $48,000

Cost allocated to Parts and Service = $12,000

Explanation:

Given:

New Cars Used Cars Parts and Service

Direct advertising costs $30,000 $24,000 $6,000

Newspaper ad space 60% 30% 10%

Sales $250,000 $200,000 $50,000

The costs allocated to each department can now be calculated as follows:

a. Allocating cost using direct advertising costs

The indirect advertising costs can be allocated using the following formula:

Cost allocated to a department = (Direct advertising costs of the department / Sum of direct advertising costs of the 3 departments) * Indirect advertising costs ................... (1)

Using equation (1), we have:

Cost allocated to New Cars = ($30,000 / ($30,000 + $24,000 +$6,000)) * $120,000 = $60,000

Cost allocated to Used Cars = ($24,000 / ($30,000 + $24,000 +$6,000)) * $120,000 = $48,000

Cost allocated to Parts and Service = ($6,000 / ($30,000 + $24,000 +$6,000)) * $120,000 = $12,000

b. Allocating cost using Newspaper ad space

The indirect advertising costs can be allocated using the following formula:

Cost allocated to a department = Percentage of Newspaper ad space of the department * Indirect advertising costs ................... (2)

Using equation (2), we have:

Cost allocated to New Cars = 60% * $120,000 = $72,000

Cost allocated to Used Cars = 30% * $120,000 = $36,000

Cost allocated to Parts and Service = 10% * $120,000 = $12,000

c. Allocating cost using Sales

The indirect advertising costs can be allocated using the following formula:

Cost allocated to a department = (Sales of the department / Sum of Sales of the 3 departments) * Indirect advertising costs ................... (3)

Using equation (3), we have:

Cost allocated to New Cars = ($250,000 / ($250,000 + $200,000 + $50,000)) * $120,000 = $60,000

Cost allocated to Used Cars = ($200,000 / ($250,000 + $200,000 + $50,000)) * $120,000 * $120,000 = $48,000

Cost allocated to Parts and Service = ($50,000 / ($250,000 + $200,000 + $50,000)) * $120,000 * $120,000 = $12,000

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3 years ago

Crawford Fishing had a net income of $35,640 in 2022. They decided to pay $3,000 in dividends and keep the rest to help expand t

Elan Coil [88]

Answer: Retained Earnings

Explanation

The profit for the year less the dividends paid, is finally adjusted in the balance sheet under the name Retained earnings. This means that the retained profits increases the equity by the amount retained.

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4 years ago

Expenses that are paid in advance are held on the balance sheet until the end of the accounting period when they are transferred

amm1812

Answer: False

Explanation: The expenses appear directly in the income statement and indirectly in the balance sheet.

It is useful to always read both the income statement and the balance sheet of a company, so that the full effect of an expense can be seen.

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3 years ago

The admissions director at big city university proposed using the iq scores of current students as a marketing tool. the univers

Vika [28.1K]

The complete question is as follows:

The admission directory of Big City University has a novel idea. He proposed using the IQ scores of current students as a marketing tool. The university agrees to provide him with enough money to administer IQ tests to 50 students. So the director gives the IQ test to an SRS of 50 of the university’s 5000 freshman. The mean IQ score for the sample is xbar=112. The IQ test he administered is known to have a σ of 15. What is the 95% Confidence Interval about the mean? What can the director say about the mean score of the population of all 5000 freshman?

Answer: The 95% confidence interval about the mean is $Confidence interval = 107.84 \leq \mu \leq 116.16$ .

The director can say that he is 95% confident that the mean IQ score of the 5000 freshmen lies between 107.84 and 116.16.

We follow these steps to arrive at the answer:

Since the population standard deviation of the IQ test is known, we can use the Z scores to find the confidence interval.

The formula for the confidence interval about the mean is:

$Confidence interval = \overline{X}\pm Z*\frac{\sigma}{\sqrt{n}}$

In the equation above, X bar is known as the point estimate and the second term is known as Margin of Error.

The Critical Value of Z at the 95% confidence level is 1.96.

Substituting the values in the question in the equation above we have,

$Confidence interval = \112\pm 1.96*\frac{15}{\sqrt{50}}$

$Confidence interval = \112\pm 4.157787873}$

$Confidence interval = 107.8422121 \leq \mu \leq 116.1577879$

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3 years ago

Suppose that market demand is Q = 660 – 12P and marginal cost is MC = 5. The consumer surplus in a perfectly competitive market

Ad libitum [116K]

Answer: 15000; 3750

Explanation:

From the question,

Q = 660 – 12P

MC = 5

The consumer surplus in a perfectly competitive market will be:

P = MC

Therefore, P = 5

Q = 660 - 12P = 660 - 12(5) = 660 - 60 = 600

Consumer surplus = 1/2 × (55 - 5) (600)

= 1/2 × 50 × 600

= 15,000

For monopoly, MR = MC

Total Revenue = P × Q

Since Q= 660 - 12P

P = (660 - Q)/12

TR = P × Q

= (660 - Q)/12 × Q

= (660Q- Q²)/12 × Q

MR = (660 - 2Q)/12

MR = MC

(660 - 2Q)/12 = 5

(660 - 2Q) = 5 × 12

660 - 2Q = 60

2Q = 660 - 60

2Q = 600

Q = 600/2

Q= 300

Since P =(660 - Q)/12

= (660 - 300)/12

= 360/12

= 30

Consumer surplus = 1/2 × (55 - 30) (30)

= 1/2 × 25 × 300

= 3750

Therefore, the answer is 15000; 3750

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3 years ago