13. extreme manufacturing company provides the following abc costing information: activities total costs activity-cost drivers account inquiry $280,000 14,000 hours account billing $350,000 7,000,000 lines account verification accounts $93,750 50,000 accounts correspondence letters $29,000 4,000 letters total costs $752,750 the above activities are used by departments a and b as follows: department a department b account inquiry hours 2,100 hours 3,600 hours account billing lines 500,000 lines 350,000 lines account verification accounts 7,000 accounts 5,000 accounts correspondence letters 1,200 letters 1,600 letters how much of the total costs will be assigned to department a? a) $88,825 b) $118,825 c) $120,000 d) $85,075

marketing strategies should be established before marketing objectives are decided. t/f

Lavage rapide is a canadian company that owns and operates a large automatic car wash facility near montreal. the following table provides data concerning the company’s costs: fixed cost per month cost per car washed cleaning supplies $ 0.70 electricity $ 1,400 $ 0.07 maintenance $ 0.15 wages and salaries $ 4,900 $ 0.30 depreciation $ 8,300 rent $ 1,900 administrative expenses $ 1,400 $ 0.03 for example, electricity costs are $1,400 per month plus $0.07 per car washed. the company expects to wash 8,000 cars in august and to collect an average of $6.50 per car washed. the actual operating results for august appear below. lavage rapide income statement for the month ended august 31 actual cars washed 8,100 revenue $ 54,100 expenses: cleaning supplies 6,100 electricity 1,930 maintenance 1,440 wages and salaries 7,660 depreciation 8,300 rent 2,100 administrative expenses 1,540 total expense 29,070 net operating income $ 25,030 required: calculate the company's revenue and spending variances for august.

The textbook defines ethics as “the principles of conduct governing an individual or a group,” and specifically as the standards one uses to decide what their conduct should be. to what extent do you believe that what happened at bp (british petrolium) is as much a breakdown in the company’s ethical systems as it is in its safety systems, and how would you defend your conclusion?