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The consumer price index is

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The consumer price index (CPI) is a measure of percentage change in the price of a basket of good and services consumed by households.

Another simple definition could be…

consumer price index (CPI) is a measure of the average change in prices over time in a fixed market basket of good and services

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Precision Company estimates its machine-hour requirements for the four quarters to be 35,000 hours, 20,000 hours, 15,000 hours,

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$400,000

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total variable manufacturing overhead = sum of total machine hours required during the year x variable manufacturing overhead rate per machine hour

= (35,000 hours + 20,000 hours + 15,000 hours + 30,000 hours) x $4 per machine hour = 100,000 machine hours x $4 per machine hour = $400,000

total fixed manufacturing overhead = $50,000 per quarter x 4 quarters = $200,000

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Happy Maids cleans commercial buildings. In March, Happy Maids started and completed two jobs, Job 1000 and Job 1001. The job co

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C :Job 1000, $1,860; Job 1001, $3,100

Explanation:

The computation of the total cost is shown below:

For Job 1000:

= Direct materials + Direct labor hours × wage rate per hour × Direct labor hours × overhead rate per hour

= $1,200 + 30 × $15 + 30 × $7

= $1,200 + $450 + $210

= $1,860

For Job 1001:

= Direct materials + Direct labor hours × wage rate per hour × Direct labor hours × overhead rate per hour

= $2,000 + 50 × $15 + 50 × $7

= $2,000 + $750 + $350

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3 years ago

It is the custom for paper mills located alongside the Layzee River to discharge waste products into the river. As a result, ope

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D) The supply of the output from the hydroelectric power plants to increase

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The externality here is a negative one where the hydroelectric plants has to bear the cost of pollution as the paper mills operates.

Correcting means to make the paper mills pay for the external costs of their production and compensate the power plant for the additional cost that incurred as they have to clean up the water.

As the cost of production reduces, the power plant will be more willing to supply electricity at similar prices, ie. their supply curve will shift to the right. It will intersect with the demand curve of the consumers at a point with higher quantity (and maybe lower price)

In other words, they will supply more electricity.

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Jan 7

Dr Cost of Good Sold 7,860

Cr Inventory 7,860

(to record the cost of good sold)

Dr Account Receivable 13,100

Cr Revenue 13,100

( to record revenue and receivable owed from Stewart)

Jan 13

Dr Sales Returns 2,620

Cr Account Receivable 2,620

(to record sales return from Stewart)

Dr Inventory 2,620

Cr Cost of good sold 2,620

(to record inventory returns and decrease in cost of good sold due to sales return from Stewart)

Jan 18

Dr Cash 10,480

Cr Account Receivable 10,480

( to record full collection from Stewart after 11 days)

* further working note on Jan 18 transaction: As Stewart had return $2,620 sales; the Receivable from Stewart is just $10,480 ( 13,100 - 2,620). Also, the term of receivable is 5/10, n/30; the repayment after 10 days received from Steward is not eligible for discount.

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A consumer products company wants more creativity in its research and development operations. The company has spent large amount

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• Diversify the workplace

• Use creativity- and mind-stimulating games

• Use (a) flexible workplace(s)

Explanation:

1. Diversify the workplace

Employees consisting of different types of people, in terms of age, social status, race, gender and ethnicity, can help boost creativity in the workplace. Different backgrounds and experiences from the members will allow for different ideas to flow among the team. Differences will also make the team appreciate each other and make the entire team versatile.

2. Use creativity- and mind-stimulating games

Games that are open ended and not structured can help boost creativity. Each participant will have a different response which will allow more development and inventive ideas. Research can be done through guessing games that stimulate the mind or artistic games such as acting scenes, etc.

3. Use (a) flexible workplace(s)

Office space with air-conditioners and four walls may restrict the amount of creativity and result in the same, dull, exhausted ideas over time. To increase the level of creativity, the team should use different workplaces randomly for a change of scenery. One day spent at a park, the next day could be spent in a laboratory and the next could be spent in a library. Different environments can spark new, fresh ideas that can assist with research and development.

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