Answer:
Explanation: Cost of equity can be defined as the return that the investors demand for bearing the risk of ownership in company's equity shares. It can be computed by using CAPM model which is represented as follows :-
cost of equity = risk free rate + beta *(market risk premium)


= 9.15%
Answer:
$135 Unfavorable
Explanation:
The computation of total variance is shown below:-
For computing the total variance first we need to find out the actual price which is below:-
Actual price = Total cost ÷ Actual quantity
= $18,135 ÷ 3,100
= $5.85 pound
Now,
Total variance = Standard quantity × Standard price - Actual quantity × Actual price
= (($2,000 × 1.5) × $6) - 3,100 × $5.85
= 3,000 × $6 - 3,100 × $5.85
= $18,000 - $18135
= $135 Unfavorable.