Answer:
Option A. It will lower its costs through economies of scale.
Explanation:
The reason is that the sales of both of the companies will increase and cost can be controlled by integration of departments like finance department, distribution department, etc. This will decrease the cost of the product which will be because of higher sales and cost benefits due to integration of department and this higher sales increases the production which reduces the cost. So the option A is correct.
Answer: B - ROI percentages
Explanation:
edge 2020
Answer:
$880 favorable
Explanation:
The computation of direct materials price variance for last month is shown below:-
Direct material price variance = Actual quantity × (Standard price - Actual price)
= 2,200 × ($8 - ($16,720 ÷ 2,200)
= 2,200 × ($8 - 7.6)
= 2,200 × $0.4
= $880 Favorable
Therefore for computing the direct materials price variance for last month we simply applied the above formula.
Answer:
3.45%
Explanation:
the real wage at the beginning of the recession (12/07) = nominal wage / price index Dec. 2007 = $17.70 / 2.1141 = $8.3721
the real wage at the end of the recession (6/09) = nominal wage / price index June 2009 = $18.53 / 2.14527= $8.6609
% change in real wage = [($8.6609 - $8.3721) / $8.3721] x 100 = 3.44955% = 3.45%
Due to the recession, the price index changed less than the nominal wages since the inflation rate was very low. It is normal that during recessions, specially severe ones, the inflation rate decreases or even turns negative (what happened in Europe in those years).