Suppose that four 85-octane gasoline pumps and three 89-octane gasoline pumps provide as much profit at a local convenience store in five days as three 85-octane pumps and five 89-octane pumps provide in four days. Which gasoline pump produces greater profit for the store?

The following transactions occurred during july: received $1,000 cash for services provided to a customer during july. received $4,000 cash investment from bob johnson, the owner of the business received $850 from a customer in partial payment of his account receivable which arose from sales in june. provided services to a customer on credit, $475. borrowed $7,000 from the bank by signing a promissory note. received $1,350 cash from a customer for services to be rendered next year. what was the amount of revenue for july?

Miller company’s total sales are $171,000. the company’s direct labor cost is $20,520, which represents 30% of its total conversion cost and 40% of its total prime cost. its total selling and administrative expense is $25,650 and its only variable selling and administrative expense is a sales commission of 5% of sales. the company maintains no beginning or ending inventories and its manufacturing overhead costs are entirely fixed costs. required: 1. what is the total manufacturing overhead cost? 2. what is the total direct materials cost? 3. what is the total manufacturing cost? 4. what is the total variable selling and administrative cost? 5. what is the total variable cost? 6. what is the total fixed cost? 7. what is the total contribution margin?

When randy, a general manager of a national retailer, moved to a different store in his company that was having difficulty, he knew that sales were low and after talking to his employees, he found morale was also low. at first randy thought attitudes were poor due to low sales, but after working closely with employees, he realized that the poor attitudes were actually the cause of poor sales. randy was able to discover the cause of the problem by utilizing skills.