Answer:
Incremental cost= $61,875
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
Gelb Company currently manufactures 49,500 units per year of a key component for its manufacturing process. Variable costs are $5.15 per unit, fixed costs related to making this component are $75,000 per year, and allocated fixed costs are $70,500 per year. The allocated fixed costs are unavoidable whether the company makes or buys this component. The company is considering buying this component from a supplier for $3.90 per unit
We need to determine whether it is more convenient to produce the component or outsource it. We will only consider the relevant costs, therefore the fixed costs will not be taken into account.
Make in house:
Cost= 49,500*5.15= $254,925
Buy:
Cost= 49,500*3.90= $193,050
Incremental cost= 254,925 - 193,050= $61,875
Answer:
a. At lower levels, management have fewer controllable costs
Explanation:
The opposite is true, lower-level management have more controllabe costs than higher level management because top management focuses on the general strategy of the firm, while lower management focuses on the specific production processes.
It is in these specific production processes that many controllable costs arise. A production line supervisor (part of lower-level management) can directly control some variable costs such as energy used, amount of input, or even work hours.
The answer is: averaged over time, Sheridan attends worship services regularly.
When we use principle of aggregation, we would not rely on single measurement to make a representation of a person's behavior. We rely more on multiple sets of measurements.
From the case above, Sheridan not attending the services for two weeks could be explained by things such as personal issues or physical illness. Since she considers herself as religious who attend regularly, it is very likely that averaged over time, Sheridan attends worship services regularly.
Between 30 and 90 days after the disability occurs
Answer: $80 million per year for 25 years
Explanation:
The option you should choose is one that will guarantee you the highest present value.
This means that you need to discount the annual payment of $80 million per year for 25 years to find the present value. As you did not include a rate, we shall assume a rate of 8% for reference purposes.
The annual payment is an annuity so the present value can be calculated by:
Present value of annuity = Annuity payment * Present value interest factor, rate, no. of years
= 80,000,000 * Present value interest factor, 8%, 25 years
= 80,000,000 * 10.6748
= $853,984,000
<em>The present value of the annual payment is more than the present value of the $850 million received today so the Annual payment should be taken. </em>
