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3 years ago

What does a bond's rating refer to?

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Answer: A bond rating is a grade given to bonds that indicates their credit quality. Independent rating services such as Standard & Poor's and Moody's provide these evaluations of a bond issuer's financial strength, or its ability to pay a bond's principal and interest in a timely fashion.

Explanation:

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The Money Pit Mortgage Company is interested in monitoring the performance of the mortgage process. Fifteen samples of five comp

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Answer and Explanation:

As per the data given in the question,

Sum of the all mean value = 151

Average of the mean value = 151 ÷ 15 = 10.067

Similarly, Sum of the all given range = 151

Average of given range value = 151÷ 15 = 10.067

Control charts for the mean and the range, using the original 15 samples :

Upper control limit(UCL) - Lower control limit(LCL) for X bar is

= 10.067 + A2 × R bar

= 10.067 + (0.223 × 10.067)

= 12.31

LCL - UCL for X bar is

= 10.067 - A2 × R bar

= 10.067 -(0.223 × 10.067)

= 7.82

Set up the R-chart by specifying the center line and three-sigma control limits below :

UCLr = D4 × r

= 1.653 × 10.07

= 16.65

r = 10.067

= 10.07

LCLr = D3 × r

= 0.347 ×10.07

= 3.49

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3 years ago

A company estimates that the appropriate discount rate (i.e., the cost of capital) for Project A, Project B, Project C and Proje

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Answer:

a. Project A requires an up-front expenditure of $1,000,000 and generates a net present value of $3,200.

Explanation:

The company should accept project A because it provides a positive net present value of $3,200 that is the highest among all the projects.

When the IRR of a project is lower than the required rate of return of the project, it will generate the negative net present value because at IRR the net present value of the project will be zero and at a higher rate than IRR it will be negative.

The project with a profitability index of less than 1 generates a negative NPV because the present value of future cash flows is less than the initial cash outflow.

Project D also generates a positive net present value but it is lower than project A. So, after comparing the results we will choose the project with higher NPV.

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3 years ago

The Southern Bell Company manufactures 2,000 telephones per year. The full manufacturing costs per telephone are as follows:

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Answer:

The company should buy the units because it will save $10,000.-

Explanation:

Giving the following information:

Make in-house:

Unitary variable cost= 2 + 8 + 6= $16

Avoidable fixed cost= $8,000

Buy:

Unitary cost= $15

<u>First, we will determine the total cost of each option:</u>

Make in house= 2,000*16 + 8,000= $40,000

Buy= 15*2,000= $30,000

The company should buy the units because it will save $10,000.-

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2 years ago

Dawson Toys, Ltd., produces a toy called the Maze. The company has recently established a standard cost system to help control c

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Answer:

1. a. The materials price and quantity variances

Material price variance: Standard cost per micron is $1.50 and actual cost per micron is $1.48. So, price variance is 1.48 - 1.5 = $(0.02) per micron

Quantity variance: Based on standard bill of material, Dawson Toys need 3,000 x 6 = 18,000 microns to produce 3,000 Maze toys. Actual consumption volume is 25,000 - 5,000 = 20,000 microns. So, quantity variance is 20,000 - 18,000 = 2,000 microns.

1. b. The labor rate and efficiency variances

Actual labor rate = Actual labor cost / Actual hour = 88,000/4,000 = $22 per hour.

Efficiency variance = Actual labor rate - Standard labor rate = 22 - 21 = $1 per hour.

2. Prepare a brief explanation of the possible causes of each variance.

Direct material cost variance: Total actual material cost is 20,000 x 1.48 = $29,600, higher than standard material cost of 18,000 x 1.5 = $27,000. This is mainly due to higher production waste as compared to standards.

Direct labor cost variance: Total actual labor cost is $88,000, higher than standard labor cost of 4,000 x 21 = $84,000. This is mainly due to lower labor rate per hour than expected.

Explanation:

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