Answer: i think the third one maybe... (APEX)
Explanation: this should work
Answer: $379,500
Explanation:
Total Sales = <em>Break-even sales + Margin of Safety </em>
The Break-Even sales are therefore = 100% - 20%
= 80% of sales
Total Sales is therefore;
Break-even = 80% * Total Sales
Total Sales = Break-even/80%
= 759,000/0.8
= $948,750
Assuming no fixed costs, actual profit will be Sales less Variable expenses;
=Sales - Variable expenses
= 1 - 60%
Actual profit = 40% * Sales
= 40% * 948,750
= $379,500
Answer:
1. According to the case study (copy attached) "the upcoming technology that will be used in retail stores to improve customer service is the Scan As You Go Mobile Devices".
2. It is currently being used by sales officers in some shopping malls to scan items on the spot and let customers pay without going through the cash registers.
It is also being used to help customers take advantage of discounts and coupons on items being purchased. The effect is that customers spend 10% when they shop using this technology.
3. In the future, the customers will be able to check out using their smartphones.
4. According to the case study, the technology referred to in 3 above is already pioneered by Apple Stores.
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If these were the given choices:
A) Wells Fargo
B) Countrywide
C) J.P. Morgan Chase
D) Bear Sterns
My answer would be C) J.P Morgan Chase
The SEC filed civil false-certification charges against J.P Morgan Chase because they misled investors into investing in a complex mortgage securities transaction during the time when the housing market was starting to go down.
J.P Morgan Chase agreed to pay a settlement that will reimburse the affected investors their total investments.
