Dermody Snow Removal's cost formula for its vehicle operating cost is $2,900 per month plus $320 per snow-day. For the month of December, the company planned for activity of 15 snow-days, but the actual level of activity was 13 snow-days. The actual vehicle operating cost for the month was $7,980. The spending variance for vehicle operating cost in December would be closest to:

a. $280 U
b. $280 F
c. $920 U
d. $920 F

the question using the following data, which show all available techniques for producing 20 units of a particular commodityresource resource prices possible production techniques#1 #2 #3 #4 #5land $4 2 4 2 4 4labor 3 1 2 4 1 3capital 3 5 2 3 1 2entrepreneurial ability 2 3 1 1 4 1assuming that the firm is motivated by self-interest and that the 20 units that can be produced with each technique can be sold for $2 per unit, the firm will

Rate of return douglas keel, a financial analyst for orange industries, wishes to estimate the rate of return for two similar-risk investments, x and y. douglas's research indicates that the immediate past returns will serve as reasonable estimates of future returns. a year earlier, investment x had a market value of $27 comma 000; and investment y had a market value of $46 comma 000. during the year, investment x generated cash flow of $2 comma 025 and investment y generated cash flow of $ 6 comma 770. the current market values of investments x and y are $28 comma 582 and $46 comma 000, respectively. a. calculate the expected rate of return on investments x and y using the most recent year's data. b. assuming that the two investments are equally risky, which one should douglas recommend? why?

Eon inc., electravia inc., and fc inc., the three largest firms in the consumer electronics industry, hold close to 85 percent of the industry's market share. these companies mainly compete against each other by providing unique features in their products rather than pricing them low. these firms are interdependent, and each firm must consider the strategic actions of its competitors. which of the following industry competitive structures does this scenario best illustrate? monopolistic competition oligopoly monopoly perfect competition