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Atkinson Construction assembles residential houses. It uses a job-costing system with two direct-cost categories (direct materia

Oduvanchick [21]

Answer:

1. Compute the

(a) budgeted indirect-cost rate

$40 per labor hour

and (b) actual indirect-cost rate.

$42 per labor hour

Why do they differ?

Because total assembly support costs and labor hours were different.They both were actually lower than expected, but the labor hours were 9% lower while the costs were around 5% lower. That is why the actual rate increased (denominator decreased more than numerator).

2. What are the job costs of the Laguna Model and the Mission Model using (a) normal costing

Laguna Model Mission Model

assembly-support cost $38,800 $40,000

and (b) actual costing?

Laguna Model Mission Model

assembly-support cost $40,7400 $42,000

3. Why might Atkinson Construction prefer normal costing over actual costing?

The problem with actual costing is that they cannot be budgeted, you can only budget normal costing. Any business has to prepare budgets in order to control how their operations are being carried out and then they need to adjust them to the actual costs incurred.

Explanation:

Laguna Model Mission Model

Construction period Feb-June 2017 May-0ct 2017

Direct material costs $106,550 $127,450

Direct labor costs $36,250 $41,130

Direct labor-hours 970 1,000

budgeted indirect cost rate:

assembly-support costs $8,800,000

direct labor-hours 220,000

budgeted assembly-support cost per labor hour = $8,800,000 / 220,000 = $40 per hour

Laguna Model Mission Model

assembly-support cost $38,800 $40,000

actual indirect cost rate:

assembly-support costs $8,400,000

direct labor-hours 200,000

actual assembly-support cost per labor hour = $8,400,000 / 200,000 = $42 per hour

Laguna Model Mission Model

assembly-support cost $40,7400 $42,000

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2 years ago

Guidance and discipline strategies in emergency child care setting should ?

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As a licensed foster mom, the answer is F. All of above

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2 years ago

About the Lagrangian method, select the correct statement: We can use it to solve consumer's utility maximization problems, but

mezya [45]

Answer:

About the Lagrangian method,

We can use it to solve both consumer's utility maximization and firm's cost minimization problems.

Explanation:

Lagrangian method is a mathematical strategy for finding the maxima and the minima of a function subject to equality constraints. Equality constraints mean that one or more equations have to be satisfied exactly by the chosen values of the variables. Named after the mathematician, Joseph-Louis Lagrange, the basic idea behind the Lagrangian method is to convert a constrained problem into a Lagrangian function.

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2 years ago

An automobile tier II supplier has been offered a contract to supply a gearbox to a car company. The initial price of the gearbo

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Answer:

:

The contract is worth $1,622,970,237.98

Explanation:

Given

Number of Years = 12

Initial Price = $389

Initial Units = 500,000

Unit Increment = 2%

Price Decrement = $7.5

At Year 0:

$389 * 500,000 = $194,500,000

The Initial price would continue to decrease by $7.5

And the Initial units would continue to increase by 2%.

So,

At Year 1:

($389 - $7.5) * (500,000 * 2% + 500,000)

= $381.5 * 510,000 = $194,565,000

At Year 2:

($381.5 - $7.5) * (510,000 * 2% + 510,000)

= $374 * 520,200 = $194,554,800

At Year 3:

($374 - $7.5) * (520,200 * 2% + 520,200)

= $366.5 * 530,604 = $194,466,366

At Year 4:

$359 * $541,216 = $194,296,5736

At Year 5:

$351.5 * $552,040 = $194,042,2017

At Year 6:

$344 * $563,081 = $193,699,9368

At Year 7:

$336.5 * $574,343 = $193,266,3649

At Year 8:

$329 * $585,830 = $192,737,96810

At Year 9:

$321.5 * $597,546 = $192,111,13011

At Year 10:

$314 * $609,497 = $191,382,12412

At Year 11:

$306.5 * $621,687 = $190,547,113

Calculating present worth of contract (at 6%)

By adding the result of 0.06 * present value at each year.

Net Present Value = $1,622,970,237.98

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3 years ago

Liberty Insurance Company processes applications forms. The average output in a week is 600 claims. Currently the staff includes

GarryVolchara [31]

Answer:

Output = 600 claims

Input = (18*6*40) + 1200 = $5520

Cost per application = $9.2 is the cost per claim

Productivity ratio = 600 / 5520 = 0.1086

Explanation:

The productivity of the application process = total weekly cost incurred / weekly application output

Here we have average output of 600 application per week

And cost we have,

Total cost = weekly staff cost + weekly cost on computer technology

Weekly staff cost = 40 hours * 6 staff * $18 per hour rate = $ 4,320

Weekly cost on computer technology = $ 1200

Total cost = $4320 + $ 1200 = $5,520

Now productivity = $ 5,520 / 600 application = $ 9.2

Or we can say that it takes $ 9.2 to process one application

(b) Here we have average output of 650 application per week

And cost we have,

Total cost = weekly staff cost + weekly cost on computer technology

Weekly staff cost = 40 hours * 5 staff * $18 per hour rate = $ 3,600 ( assumed that one staff is reduced as one application evaluator is retiring and not replaced)

weekly cost on computer technology = $ 1800

Total cost = $3,600 + $ 1800 = $5,400

Now productivity = $ 5,400 / 650 application = $ 8.31

Or we can say that it takes $ 8.31 to process one application

Percentage change in productivity ={ ($8.31 – $ 9.2 )/ $ 8.31 } * 100 = - 10.71%

Means that the cost has reduced by 10.71 % by the new process

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