Your company, a leading provider of disposable diapers, wipes, and other childcare products, would like to begin a program which encourages stay-at-home mothers to become entrepreneurs and business owners. Your company would like to provide information and support to women who have innovative product or business ideas, but are unaware on how to start their own business or market their products. The Human Resources Director has asked you to serve on the committee. Using your knowledge of minority-and women-owned businesses, which of the following suggestions would be effective in helping your intended audience?

Aztic inc., a manufacturer of sports goods, plans to expand its operations to various other countries. during market research, it avoids countries where the dominant population is mostly rural. in this case, aztic inc. is assessing the of the countries

Dollywood corporation accumulates the following data concerning a mixed cost, using miles as the activity level. miles driven total cost january 10,000 $16,500 february 8,000 $14,500 march 9,000 $12,500 april 7,000 $12,000 compute the variable and fixed cost elements using the high-low method

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