Westerville Company reported the following results from last year’s operations:

Sales $1,500,000
Variable expenses 730,000
Contribution margin 770,000
Fixed expenses 470,000
Net operating income $300,000
Average operating assets $937,500

At the beginning of this year, the company has a $362,500 investment opportunity with the following cost and revenue characteristics:

Sales $580,000
Contribution margin ratio 70 % of sales
Fixed expenses $319,000

The company’s minimum required rate of return is 10%.

Required:

a. What is last year's margin?
b. What is last year's turnover?
c. What is last year's return on investment (ROI)?
d. What is the margin related to this year's investment opportunity?
e. What is the turnover related to this year's investment opportunity?

Consider a small island country whose only industry is weaving. the following table shows information about the small economy in two different years. complete the table by calculating physical capital per worker as well as labor productivity. hint: recall that productivity is defined as the amount of goods and services a worker can produce per hour. in this problem, measure productivity as the quantity of goods per hour of labor. year physical capital labor force physical capital per worker labor hours output labor productivity (looms) (workers) (looms) (hours) (garments) (garments per hour of labor) 2024 160 40 1,800 14,400 2025 180 60 3,900 23,400

James has set the goal of achieving all "a"s during this year of school.which term best describes this goal

Oceanside marine company manufactures special metallic materials and decorative fittings for luxury yachts that require highly skilled labor. oceanside uses standard costs to prepare its flexible budget. for the first quarter of the year, direct materials and direct labor standards for one of their popular products were as follows: direct materials: 2 pound per unit; $ 11 per pound direct labor: 2 hours per unit; $ 19 per hour oceanside produced 2 comma 000 units during the quarter. at the end of the quarter, an examination of the direct materials records showed that the company used 7 comma 500 pounds of direct materials and actual total materials costs were $ 98 comma 100. what is the direct materials cost variance? (round any intermediate calculations to the nearest cent, and your final answer to the nearest dollar.)