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2 years ago

Longview Hospital performs blood tests in its laboratory. The following standards have been set for each blood test performed:

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Julli [10]2 years ago

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Answer:

Instructions are below.

Explanation:

Giving the following information:

Standard:

Direct materials 2.0 plates $2.75 per plate

Direct labor 0.2 hours $15.00 per hour

Variable manufacturing overhead 0.2 hours $7.00 per hour

Actual:

1,500 blood tests.

3,600 plates were purchased for $9,540

3,200 plates were used for blood tests

340 actual direct labor-hours were worked for $5,550

1)The materials price variance:

Direct material price variance= (standard price - actual price)*actual quantity

Direct material price variance= (2.75 - 2.65)*3,600= $360 favorable

2) The materials quantity variance:

Direct material quantity variance= (standard quantity - actual quantity)*standard price

Direct material quantity variance= (2*1,500 - 3,200)*2.75

Direct material quantity variance= $550 unfavorable

3) The labor rate variance:

Direct labor rate variance= (Standard Rate - Actual Rate)*Actual Quantity

Direct labor rate variance= (15 - 16.32)*340= $448.8 unfavorable

4) The labor efficiency variance:

Direct labor time (efficiency) variance= (Standard Quantity - Actual Quantity)*standard rate

Direct labor time (efficiency) variance= (1,500*0.2 - 340)*15

Direct labor time (efficiency) variance= $600 unfavorable

5) The variable overhead efficiency variance:

Variable overhead efficiency variance= (Standard Quantity - Actual Quantity)*Standard rate

Variable overhead efficiency variance= (1,500*0.2 - 340)*7

Variable overhead efficiency variance= $280 unfavorable

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Answer:

wP = 114.5 / 514.6 = 0.2225 or 22.25%

Explanation:

The WACC or weighted average cost of capital is the cost of a firm's capital structure. The capital structure of a firm can be made up of one or more of the following components namely debt, preferred stock and common equity. The WACC is normally calculated using the market value of these components. The formula for WACC is,

WACC = wD * rD * (1-tax rate) + wP * rP + wE * rE

Where,

wD, wP and wE represents the weight of debt, preferred stock and common equity in the capital structure based on the market value
rD, rP and rE are the cost of debt, preferred stock and common equity respectively.

To calculate the weight that should be assigned to the preferred stock in the calculation of WACC, we need to determine the market value of preferred stock and the market value of the capital structure.

Market Value - Debt = 10000 * 1000 * 1.01 = $10.1 million

Market Value - Preferred stock = 1 * 114.50 = $114.5 million

Market Value - Common equity = 26 * 15 = $390 million

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Howard Enterprises, which has three departments, recently reported the following results: A B C Sales revenue $ 12,000 $ 48,000

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Answer:

Department C should be closed

Explanation:

To determine whether or not it will be profitable to drop a loss making department, we compare the savings in fixed cost to the lost contribution from the division.

For Howard Enterprises, the department with a negative contribution should be closed otherwise its operation would reduce the overall profit by the amount of the negative contribution.

So lets work out the contribution for each department by adding back the apportioned fixed cost. See table below

A B C

$ $ $ Total

Sales Revenue 12,000 48,000 40,000 100,000

Operating cost 11,400 59,800 50,500

Operating income 600 (11,800) (10,500)

*Add back apportioned fixed cost 3,000 12,000 10,000

Contribution 3,600 200 (500)

*Apportioned fixed cost

A- 12,000/100,000× 25,000 = 3,000

B- 48,000/100000 × 25,000 = 12,000

C- 40,000/100,00×25,000 = 10,000

From the above analysis, Department C generates a negative contribution. It implies that it can barely cover its direct cost and so will deplete the total profit by its negative contribution. Hence, it should be closed

Department C should be closed

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Bargeron corporation has a target capital structure of 64 percent common stock, 9 percent preferred stock, and 27 percent debt.

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Answer:

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Debit: Bad debt expense $2500

Credit: Allowance for doubtful $2500

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