If a u. s. company buys an electrical generator made in japan by a japanese firm, and the japanese firm uses the payment to buy stocks issued by a u. s. company then a. u. s. exports and u. s imports increase. b. u. s. exports but not u. s. imports increase. c. u. s. imports but not u. s. exports increase. d. neither u. s. exports nor u. s. imports increase.

Sweeten company had no jobs in progress at the beginning of march and no beginning inventories. the company has two manufacturing departments--molding and fabrication. it started, completed, and sold only two jobs during march—job p and job q. the following additional information is available for the company as a whole and for jobs p and q (all data and questions relate to the month of march): molding fabrication total estimated total machine-hours used 2,500 1,500 4,000 estimated total fixed manufacturing overhead $ 10,000 $ 15,000 $ 25,000 estimated variable manufacturing overhead per machine-hour $ 1.40 $ 2.20 job p job q direct materials $ 13,000 $ 8,000 direct labor cost $ 21,000 $ 7,500 actual machine-hours used: molding 1,700 800 fabrication 600 900 total 2,300 1,700 sweeten company had no underapplied or overapplied manufacturing overhead costs during the month. required: for questions 1-8, assume that sweeten company uses a plantwide predetermined overhead rate with machine-hours as the allocation base. for questions 9-15, assume that the company uses departmental predetermined overhead rates with machine-hours as the allocation base in both departments. 1. what was the company’s plantwide predetermined overhead rate? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.) next

Myflvs -question 3 multiple choice worth 2 points)(10.04 hc)in panama city in january, high tide was at midnight. the water level at high tide was 9 feet and1 foot at low tide. assuming the next high tide is exactly 12 hours later and that the height of thewater can be modeled by a cosine curve, find an equation for water level in january for panamacity as a function of time (t).of(t) = 4 + 5of(t) = 5 cost + 4o 460) = 5 cos 1+ 4of(0) = 4 cos + 5

The cost of labor is significantly lower in many countries than in the united states. if you move manufacturing to a facility to a country labeled as part of the axis of evil and a threat to world peace you will increase the net income of your client by $10 million per the facility is located in a country which limits personal freedom and engages in state sponsored terrorism. imagine you are a marketing consultant. (a) what would you tell the executives to do? (b) what are the alternatives? what are your recommendations? why do you recommend this course of action?