Answer: 26.15
Explanation: The degree of operating leverage is calculated as the percentage change in operating income in relation to a percentage change in sales.
Thus the degree of operating leverage of Gateway inn is calculated thus:
DOL = Cont Margin/Operating income
DOL = 47/(4.6-3.3)
DOL = 47/1.3
DOL= 26.15
Answer: Explicit costs , Implicit cost.
Explicit Costs is an Input costs that require an outlay of money by the firm. e.g (Paying for supplies, paying workers).
Implicit Costs is an Input costs that do not require outlay of money by the firm. e.g (Could be working somewhere else and making money but giving up the money you could be making because of where you work now).
Answer: The answer is consumer price index (CPI)
Explanation:
The consumer price index is the most popularly used price index to measure the level of inflation in the country.it is a measure of welfare which shows the amount of money needed by the people to provide for themselves a good standard of living. The consumer price index is based on the quantity of goods consumers are buying in the market, because it measures the level of changes in the consumer goods in the economy at a given period of time. It is used to measures the level at which family can afford to buy food, clothing, and live a comfortable life in the country. The consumer price index shows the percentage increase or decrease in the prices of consumer goods in the period in which it is measured. It is calculated as
CPI = current year price index / base year price index × 100%
Therefore, to adjust the social security and federal pensions to offset changes in the cost of living the consumer price index is the most appropriate measure of welfare to used. In the sense that the cost of living is the amount of money an average family will need to provide themselves with the basic necessities of life such as food, clothing ,and shelter. The consumer price index is the most appropriate to know the effect of increase or decrease in the prices of these goods on the low income earners in the country such as the people who receives social security benefits and the pensioners in the country. During inflation the purchasing power of the people in these categories is reduced which tend to have an effect on their standard of living.
Answer:
life insurance net payment cost index
Explanation:
The accidental death benefit is referred to as a payment due to the sole beneficiary of an accidental death insurance policy. The accidental death benefit mostly is an amount paid which adds to the standard benefit payable if
and only if the insured died of natural causes e.g old age, earthquake or tsunami etc.
Depending on the issuer of the policy, the accidental death benefit may extend up to a year after the initial accident occurred, so long as the accident led to the insured's death.
