OC userin Accounting·6 Dec 2017EXERCISE 2-5 High-Low Method [LO2-5] The Cheyenne Hotel in Big Sky, Montana, has accumulated records of the total electrical costs of the hotel and the number of occupancy-days over the last year. An occupancy-day represents a room rented out for one day. The hotel's business is highly seasonal, with peaks occurring during the ski season and in the summer. Month Occupancy-Days Electrical Costs January ........ February ...... March April ........ May .......... June .. July ..........- August September October November ..... December ...... 1,736 1,904 2,356 960 360 744 2,108 2,406 840 124 720 1,364 $4,127 $4,207 $5,083 $2,857 $1,871 $2,696 $4,670 $5,148 $2,691 $1,588 $2,454 $3,529 Required: 1. Using the high-low method, estimate the fixed cost of electricity per month and the variable cost of electricity per occupancy-day. Round off the fixed cost to the nearest whole dollar and the variable cost to the nearest whole cent. 2. What other factors other than occupancy-days are likely to affect the variation in electrical costs from month to month?
OC userin Accounting·6 Dec 20176-8 If fixed manufacturing overhead costs are released from inventory under absorption costing, what does this tell you about the level of production in relation to the level of sales?
OC userin Economics·6 Dec 201721. In an eight-hour day, Andy can produce either 24 loaves of bread or 8 kilograms of butter. In an eight-hour day, Rolfe can produce either 24 loaves of bread or 24 kilograms of butter. Which of the following statements is true? A) Andy has an absolute advantage in butter production. B) Rolfe has an absolute advantage in bread production. Andy has an absolute advantage in bread production. D) Andy has a comparative advantage in bread production. E) Rolfe has a comparative advantage in bread production.
OC userin Economics·5 Dec 201769) Suppose the market price in this industry is P3. Eventually, if entry and exit are free, then in long run equilibrium: A) the number of firms will rise and each will produce Q3- B) the number of firms will fall and each will produce Q3. C) the number of firms will fall and each will produce Q4- D) the number of firms will rise and each will produce Q4 E) the number of firms will fall and each will produce Qs.
OC userin Economics·6 Dec 2017Use the figure below to answer the following questions. Price and cost dollars per unit) MC -MR 10 Quantity (units) Figure 12.3.1 24) Refer to Figure 12.3.1, which shows the cost curves and marginal revenue curve of a firm in a perfectly competitive industry. In the short run, if the market price of the good is $10, the firm produces units of output and A) less than 10; incurs an economic loss of $20 B) less than 10; incurs an economic loss of less than $20 C) 10; incurs an economic loss of $40 D) 10; incurs an economic loss of $20 E) 10; makes an economic profit of $20
OC userin Economics·6 Dec 2017The following production possibilities schedule shows the quantities of wheat and rice that can be produced in Canada and India with one unit of equivalent resources. Wheat (bushels) 13 Rice (bushels) Canada India 13 TABLE 33-2 7) Refer to Table 33-2. To achieve the potential gains from international trade, A) India should export wheat to Canada and import Canadian rice. B) Canada should produce both wheat and rice and not trade with India. C) India should export rice to Canada and import Canadian wheat. D) India should exclude wheat from its consumption. E) India should produce both wheat and rice and not trade with Canada.
OC userin Chemistry·4 Dec 201797. The desorption (leaving of the surface) of a single molecular layer of n-butane from a single crystal of aluminum oxide is found to be first order with a rate constant of 0.128/s at 150 K. a. What is the half-life of the desorption reaction? b. If the surface is initially completely covered with n-butane at 150 K, how long will it take for 25% of the molecules to desorb (leave the surface)? For 50% to desorb? c. If the surface is initially completely covered, what fraction will remain covered after 10 s? After 20 s?
OC userin Economics·6 Dec 201750) The long-run average cost curve is the relationship between the lowest attainable average total cost and output, when plant size is_vanud and labour is varied_. The long-run average cost curve is made up of the segments of individual average total cost curves with the lowest average hole cost for a given output. A) held constant, varied; variable: variable B) varied: varied, total: total C) held constant; varied total; total D) varied, held constant; variable; variable E) varied; varied; variable; variable
OC userin Chemistry·4 Dec 2017102. What mass of aluminum metal can be produced per hour in the electrolysis of a molten aluminum salt by a current of 25 A?
OC userin Economics·4 Dec 2017Price (dollars per unit per month) 0 50 100 150 200 250 Quantity (units per month Figure 6.1.2 Refer to Figure 6.1.2. If a price ceiling is set at $10, then A) 100 units will be sold at a price of $20 each. B) 100 units will be sold at a price of $15 each. C) 150 units will be sold at a price of $15 each. D) 200 units will be sold at a price of $10 each. E) 100 units will be sold at a price of $10 each.
OC userin Economics·5 Dec 2017Use the figure below to answer the following question. Price (dollars per unit per month) 50 100 150 200 250 Quantity (units per month) Figure 7 34) Refer to Figure 7. If a rigorously enforced price ceiling is set at $10, then A) 100 units will be sold at a price of $15 each. B) 100 units will be sold at a price of $10 each. C) 200 units will be sold at a price of $10 each. D) 150 units will be sold at a price of $15 each. E) 100 units will be sold at a price of $20 each.
OC userin Accounting·5 Dec 201712-9 What is the danger in allocating common fixed costs among products or other segments of an organization?
OC userin Accounting·5 Dec 2017EXERCISE 2-14 High-Low Method; Predicting Cost [L02-4, LO2-5] The Lakeshore Hotel's guest-days of occupancy and custodial supplies expense over the last seven months were: Guest-Days of Occupancy Custodial Supplies Expense Month March ....... April May June ...... July ........ August September ...... 4,000 6,500 8,000 10,500 12,000 9,000 7,500 $7,500 $8,250 $10,500 $12,000 $13,500 $10,750 $9,750 . . . . . . Guest-days is a measure of the overall activity at the hotel. For example, a guest who stays at the hotel for three days is counted as three guest-days. Required: 1. Using the high-low method, estimate a cost formula for custodial supplies expense. 2. Using the cost formula you derived above, what amount of custodial supplies expense would you expect to be incurred at an occupancy level of 11,000 guest-days? 3. Prepare a scattergraph using the data given above. Plot custodial supplies expense on the ver- tical axis and the number of guest-days occupied on the horizontal axis. Draw a straight line 4. through the two data points that correspond to the high and low levels of activity. Make sure your line intersects the Y-axis. Comment on the accuracy of your high-low estimates assuming a least-squares regression analysis estimated the total fixed costs to be $3,973.10 per month and the variable cost to be $0.77 per guest-day. How would the straight line that you drew in requirement 3 differ from a straight line that minimizes the sum of the squared errors? Using the least-squares regression estimates given in requirement 4, what custodial supplies expense would you expect to be incurred at an occupancy level of 11,000 guest-days? 5. Net operating income. $ 6,000 $ 18,000 $ 30,000 Required: 1. Identify each of the company's expenses (including cost of goods sold) as either variable, fixed, or mixed. 2. Using the high-low method, separate each mixed expense into variable and fixed elements. State the cost formula for each mixed expense. 3. Redo the company's income statement at the 5,000-unit level of activity using the contribution format.
OC userin Physics·5 Dec 201751. For each pair of substances, choose the one that you expect to have the higher standard molar entropy (S) at 25°C. Explain your choices a. CO(g); CO2(g) b. CH2OH(1); CH3OH(8) c. Ar(g); CO2(g) d. CH4(g); SiH4(g) e. NO2(g); CH3CH2CH3(g) f. NaBr(s); NaBr(ag)
OC userin Accounting·4 Dec 2017EXERCISE 2-3 Classification of Costs as Product or Perlod Cost [LO2-3] Suppose that you have been given a summer job as an intern at Issac Aircams, a company that man- ufactures sophisticated spy cameras for remote-controlled military reconnaissance aircraft. The company, which is privately owned, has approached a bank for a loan to help it finance its growth. The bank requires financial statements before approving such a loan. You have been asked to help prepare the financial statements and were given the following list of costs: 1. Depreciation on salespersons' cars. 2. Rent on equipment used in the factory. 3. Lubricants used for machine maintenance. 4. Salaries of personnel who work in the finished goods warehouse. 5. Soap and paper towels used by factory workers at the end of a shift. 6. Factory supervisors' salaries. 7. Heat, water, and power consumed in the factory. 8. Materials used for boxing products for shipment overseas. (Units are not normally boxed.) 9. Advertising costs. 10. Workers' compensation insurance for factory employees. 11. Depreciation on chairs and tables in the factory lunchroom. 12. The wages of the receptionist in the administrative offices. 13. Cost of leasing the corporate jet used by the company's executives. 14. The cost of renting rooms at a Florida resort for the annual sales conference. 15. The cost of packaging the company's product. Required: Classify the above costs as either product costs or period costs for the purpose of preparing the financial statements for the bank.