Monte Services, Inc. is trying to establish the standard labor cost of a typical brake repair. The following data have been collected from time and motion studies conducted over the past month. Actual time spent on the brake repairs 5 hours
Hourly wage rate $10
Payroll taxes 10% of wage rate
Setup and downtime 11% of actual labor time
Cleanup and rest periods 27% of actual labor time
Fringe benefits 25% of wage rate.

Required:
a. Determine the standard direct labor hours per brake repairs.
b. Determine the standard direct labor hourly rate.
c. Determine the standard direct labor cost per brake repair.

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Ummit record company is negotiating with two banks for a $157,000 loan. fidelity bank requires a compensating balance of 24 percent, discounts the loan, and wants to be paid back in four quarterly payments. southwest bank requires a compensating balance of 12 percent, does not discount the loan, but wants to be paid back in 12 monthly installments. the stated rate for both banks is 9 percent. compensating balances will be subtracted from the $157,000 in determining the available funds in part a. a-1. calculate the effective interest rate for fidelity bank and southwest bank. (do not round intermediate calculations. input your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) a-2. which loan should summit accept? southwest bank fidelity bank b. recompute the effective cost of interest, assuming that summit ordinarily maintains $37,680 at each bank in deposits that will serve as compensating balances

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