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Answer: See explanation and attachment
Explanation:
a. What is the contribution margin for a room night under the normal pricing if only the hotel depreciation and hotel staff (excluding housekeeping) are assumed fixed for all occupancy levels?
Price = $180
Less: Variable Costs:
House keeping staff = $23
Utilities = $7
Amenities = $3
Total variable costs = $33
Contribution margin = $147
B. Determine the contribution margin for a room night under the proposed weekend pricing.
Price = $120
Less: Variable Costs:
House keeping staff = $23
Utilities = $7
Amenities = $3
Total variable costs = $33
Contribution margin = $87
C. Prepare a differential analysis showing the differential income for an average weekend between the existing (Alternative 1) and discount (Alternative 2) price plan.
Check attachment for solution
D. Should management accept the proposed weekend pricing plan? Explain.
No. From the calculation in C, there is reduction in income.
Answer:
$99,500
Explanation:
Adjusted gross income before considering the rental loss $118,000.
Less generated a loss of $18,500
Adjusted gross income $99,500
Carlos qualifies under the real estate professional exception due to the fact that he spends more than 50% of his personal service time in real property trade and the amount of time spent in real property trade is higher than 750 hours, he is as well the sole owner and spends more than 100hours.
Therefore the rental activity is not considered passive and he is allowed to offset the $18,500 loss against his active and portfolio income which is why Carlos'sadjusted gross income after considering the loss is $99,500 ($118,000 -$18,500)
Explanation:
i would have to define each of these costs and then assign the best college costs that represents it
a. sunk cost
A sunk cost is a cost that cannot be gotten back, this kind of caost has already being incurred. an example of this college cost would be tuition fee for the past semesters.
b. discretionary cost
this is a cost that the student can survive without. also known as avoidable cost. the cost here would be the amount of money the student spends on dues.
c. commited costs
comitted costs are confirmed costs that the student has to make for services or goods to be taken. this college cost would be book prices
d. opportunity cost as we know is the alternative forgone. that is what was forgone in order to take to schooling. this would be all earnings from working that the individual has foregone since he or she is now a college student
e. this could also be called the incremental cost. thius kind of cost is different between alternatives in in situations where one has to make choices or alternatives. this college cost would be expenditure on attending one school over another school.
f. allocated cost
a cost that is allocated based on the activities that were done while making the product. this would be fee that is charged to a full time college student per course
