Suppose the current issue of The New York Times reports an outbreak of mad cow disease in Nebraska, as well as the discovery of
a new breed of chicken that gains more weight than existing breeds that consume the same amount of food. How will these developments affect the equilibrium price and quantity of chickens sold in the United States?
1 answer:
Answer:
Price and quantity of chickens sold will increase.
Explanation:
Due to the prevalence of the mad cow disease, demand for cow meat will go down. Since chicken is a substitute for cow meat and there is a breed that grows twice as much with the same feeds, the demand for chicken will rise.
In economics when other factors apart from price changes it results in demand shift. In this instance demand will shift to the right.
As illustrated in the attached diagram, there will be higher quantity demanded at higher prices than before.
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Explanation:
a. The classification is shown below:
Prevention cost: This cost incurred so that the faults, or defects could be minimized as compare to before. It includes the machine maintenance expense i.e $3,000
Appraisal cost: This cost incurred specially to meet the quality of the customer expectations. It is a quality control cost. It includes the inspection cost of $15,000
Internal failure: This cost is occurred before delivery the product from the factory. It includes Scrap and rework of $8,600 and Machine breakdown cost of $4,000
External failure: This cost is occurred after delivery the product. It includes the warranty expense of $21,000, product return due to defects of $6,000 and Estimated lost sales due to poor quality of $5,000
b. Now the percentage is
= (Prevention and appraisal cost) ÷ (Sales revenue) × 100
= ($3,000 + $15,000) ÷ ($250,000) × 100
= 7.2%
c. The percentage is
= (Internal and external failures) ÷ (Sales revenue) × 100
= ($8,600 + $4,000 + $21,000 + $6,000 + $5,000) ÷ ($250,000) × 100
= 17.84%
Below is the attachment for cost of quality report
