Answer:
Maturing product
Explanation:
A product goes through four stages in its life, introduction, growth, maturity and decline. It is during the maturity stage that sales drop as the product has reached almost everywhere. Consumers have accepted the product and now there is no further scope of reach.
Here, mousetrap production is expected to stop indicating that it has entered maturity stage of its life cycle. So, it's a maturing product.
Answer:
$731,000 and $684,000
Explanation:
The computations are shown below:
For cost of goods manufactured
= Direct materials used + Direct labor cost + Manufacturing overhead incurred + opening work-in-process inventory - closing work-in-process inventory
= $271,000 + $126,000 + $359,000 + $193,000 - $218,000
= $731,000
For cost of goods sold
= Opening finished goods Inventory + Cost of goods manufactured - Ending finished goods Inventory
= $395,000 + $731,000 - $442,000
= $684,000
Choice (b) is correct. Market efficiency entails unpredictable stock prices in the market. Since there is a higher risk of investment losses in an unpredictable stock prices change, the best investment strategy is to diversify portfolio so as to minimize loss on the other stock while maximizing gain from another.
