Kingsport containers company makes a single product that is subject to wide seasonal variations in demand. the company uses a job-order costing system and computes plantwide predetermined overhead rates on a quarterly basis using the number of units to be produced as the allocation base. its estimated costs, by quarter, for the coming year are given below: quarter first second third fourth direct materials $ 240,000 $ 120,000 $ 60,000 $ 180,000 direct labor 128,000 64,000 32,000 96,000 manufacturing overhead 300,000 220,000 180,000 ? total manufacturing costs (a) $ 668,000 $ 404,000 $ 272,000 $ ? number of units to be produced (b) 80,000 40,000 20,000 60,000 estimated unit product cost (a) ÷ (b) $ 8.35 $ 10.10 $ 13.60 $ ?

Acompany that makes shopping carts for supermarkets and other stores recently purchased some new equipment that reduces the labor content of the jobs needed to produce the shopping carts. prior to buying the new equipment, the company used 6 workers, who produced an average of 79 carts per hour. workers receive $16 per hour, and machine coast was $49 per hour. with the new equipment, it was possible to transfer one of the workers to another department, and equipment cost increased by $11 per hour while output increased by four carts per hour. a) compute the multifactor productivity (mfp) (labor plus equipment) under the prior to buying the new equipment. the mfp (carts/$) = (round to 4 decimal places). b) compute the productivity changes between the prior to and after buying the new equipment. the productivity growth = % (round to 2 decimal places)

What would happen to the equilibrium price and quantity of lattés if the cost to produce steamed milk

Trade will take place: a. if the maximum that a consumer is willing and able to pay is less than the minimum price the producer is willing and able to accept for a good. b. if the maximum that a consumer is willing and able to pay is greater than the minimum price the producer is willing and able to accept for a good. c. only if the maximum that a consumer is willing and able to pay is equal to the minimum price the producer is willing and able to accept for a good. d. none of the above.