The Core Principles of Economics — End of Chapter Problem

______________ give government the power to block certain mergers, and in some cases, to break up large firms into smaller ones.

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Answer:

Antitrust law

Explanation:

Antitrust law are a collection of federal and state laws which is meant to create a conducive atmosphere for businesses to operate, such that there would be healthy competition among businesses. This law cut across all sectors such as transportation, health, manufacturing industries etc.

Examples of law promulgated for antitrust are the Sherman act, the Clayton act; all of which are responsible for the prohibition of certain practises by business such as illegal price fixing and corporate mergers which could hinder a market from being competitive, hence break them into smaller units.

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3 years ago

Variable manufacturing overhead incurred was $245,000. Fixed manufacturing overhead incurred was $373,000. Actual machine-hours

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Before information shows is the correct and complete question.

The Lopez Company use a standard costing in its manufacturing plant for the auto part. The standard cost of particular auto part based on a denominator level of a 4.000 output unit per year. included 6 machine-hours of variable manufacturing overhead at $8 per hour and 6 machine-hours of fixed manufacturing overhead at $15 per hour.

Actual output produced was 4.400 units.

Variable manufacturing overhead incurred was $245.000.

Fixed manufacturing overhead incurred was $373.000.

Actual machine-hours were 28.400.

Prepare the analysis of all variable manufacturing overhead and fixed manufacturing overhead variances.

Additional diagram attached to this question is displayed in the first image below.

Answer:

Explanation:

By using a columnar method, the analysis of all the variance & fixed manufacturing overhead varaince can be computed as follows:

Variable manufacturing overhead analysis:

Actual cost Incurred: ║ Actual input × Budgeted ║ Allocated: Budgeted

Actual input × Actual rate Input for actual output

rate × Budgeted rate

245000 28400×$8.00 = 227200 (4400×6hrs×$8)

= 211,200

17800 U 16800 U

Spending Variance Efficiency Variance

33800 U

Flexible Budget Variance

Hence;

The spending Variance = $17,800 U

Efficiency Variance = $16,000 U

Flexible Budget Varaince = $33800 U

where; F = Favourable & U = Unfavourable

<u>For the fixed Manufacturing Overhead:</u>

Actual cost Incurred: ║ Flexible Budget Lump ║ Allocated: Budgeted

Actual input × Actual sum regardless of the Input for actual output

rate output level × Budgeted rate

373000 4000×6hrs×15 = 360000 (4400×6hrs×$15)

= 396000

13000 U 36000 F

Spending Variance/ Production-Volume

Flexible budgeted variance Variance

23000 F

Over allocated fixed

Overhead

Hence;

The spending Variance = $13000 U

The production Volume Variance = $36,000 F

Over allocated fixed overhead = $23000 F

where; F = Favourable & U = Unfavourable

NOTE: To have a better view of the above computation in a table format, refer to the second and the third diagram in the image below.

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2 years ago

On July 1, 2020, Whispering Co. pays $13,620 to Metlock Insurance Co. for a 3-year insurance policy. Both companies have fiscal

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Answer:

jul-01 Prepaid expenses 13.620

jul-01 Cash 13.620

dec-31 Insurance policy expense 2.270

dec-31 Prepaid expenses 2.270

Explanation:

Paid 1-jul 13620

Three Years 13.620 36 months

Monthly 378 month

Current Year 2.270 6 months

jul-01 Prepaid expenses 13.620

jul-01 Cash 13.620

dec-31 Insurance policy expense 2.270

dec-31 Prepaid expenses 2.270

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3 years ago

Granite State Airlines serves the route between New York and Portsmouth, NH, with a single-flight-daily 100-seat aircraft. The o

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Answer:

Given data: One flight with total seats = 100

Full fare passengers, cost per ticket=$150, mean=56 passengers, SD=23

Discount fare passengers, cost per ticket=$100, mean=88 passengers, SD=44

(a) Here, though there is a hint to use the CDF, since the confidence interval is not given we will make some simplying assumptions that will reduce the complexity of the question, of course keeping the question statistically correct.

this question wants us to maximize total revenue per flight (one way), we can do that by taking only full fare passengers or total revenue will be 150*100=$15,000, but since historical probability shows a mean of 56 with a standard deviation of 23, we can assume in best case scenario total full fare ticket passengers will be 56+23=79, leaving 21 tickets for discount passenger, in this case the total revenues will be 79*150+21*100=$13,950

(b) Now, the new constrained policy is giving a clear cut number of seats to each category of pasengers, 44 for discount (total revenues 44*100) and 56 for full fare (total revenues 56*150) both of which are within the probabilities given earlier (full fare mean=56, discount mean=88). Total revenues in case will be 44*100+56*150=$12,800.

(c) Gain is the difference of the excess revenues in both cases of optimal total revenues and limited seats policy or answer (a) - answer (b) = $13,950- $12,800=$1,150

(d) Realistically speaking, there is no answer for this question without a clear cut confidence interval. Another simplifying assumption we can make here is taking the mean passengers as expected bookings (can be tweaked once confidence interval or degree of significance is given). so total revenues in this case will be 44*100 from discount and 56*150 from full fare passengers. That is still similar to answer (c) due to our assumption/lack of constraints, so our optimal booking will be 54 full fare tickets and 44 discount passenger tickets. You can also take worst case scenario by subtracting SD of each passenger type from the mean or go the best case scenario in which SD of full fare will be added to the mean while the pending seats (left over from 100) will be the total to discount fare for optimal revenue collection.

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3 years ago

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Marco wants to cancel his department store credit card so he threw it away after he paid last month's balance. Was this a good i

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Answer:

1. No, becuase someone could steal it.

2. No, becuase the fine you get for not paying a bill will grow.

Explanation:

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3 years ago