Answer: Option B
Explanation: In simple words, positive reinforcement means motivating someone to perform a job more efficiently and frequently by offering them some reward for doing so. While punishment refers to penalizing someone for any offense.
In the given case, James has been offering the incentives to his employees but have also made a clause to withhold them in case of unprofessional behavior.
Thus, from the above we can conclude that the correct option is B .
Answer:
A. An increase in the perceived profitability of Touchtech will likely cause the value of Edison's shares to rise.
B. Expectations of a recession that will reduce economy-wide corporate profits will likely cause the value of Edison's shares to decline
Explanation:
The price of the stock changes only because of the changes in the profitability of the firm. If the company is earning lower profits then the prices of the stock will fall and vice versa. So the option A is correct because increase in profitability increases the value of the shares.
So the main thing here is the profitability of the firm which is affected by the recession in the economy because during the recession period the profitability of the firm decreases and so the value of the stock decreases. So the option B is correct
In this situation, the Average fixed cost wll be INCREASED.
AFC (average fixed cost) is calculated by adding up all total fixed cost within a certain period and divide it with the total years. If a business experienced an increased in any way to its fixed cost, the average will automatically increased.
Answer:
(C) Product X = $880; Product Y = $2,240
Explanation:
The applied overhead will be calculate by the product of the cost diver and the overhead rate:
<u>Cost driver for each product:</u>
Product X 3MH and 1LH
Product Y 4MH and 8LH
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<u>Overhead rate: </u>
240 per machine hour
and 160 per labor hour
Product X 3MH x $240 + 1LH x $160 = 880
Product Y 4MH x $240 + 8LH x $160 = 2,240
Answer: True
Explanation: The retained earnings are recorded after closing the accounts of the income statement, the surplus called profit or the missing called loss is transferred to equity through the non-distributed profit item.
This undistributed profit account also closes during the accounting period, to clarify how much was generated in a period, they are not like the balance sheet accounts that are cumulative.
