Blomdahl Corporation makes a product with the following standard costs: Inputs Standard Quantity/Hours Standard Price/Rate
Direct Materials 3.5 Kilos $6.50 per Kilo
Direct Labor 0.7 Hours $21.00 per hour
Variable Overhead 0.7 Hour $5.00 per hour
The company reported the following results concerning this product in October.
Actual Output 8,400 units
Purchase of raw materials 22,500 kilos
Actual direct labor-hours 5,500 hours
Raw materials used in production 29,000 kilos
Actual cost of raw materials $155,777
Actual cost of direct labor $132,000
Actual variable overhead rate $4.25 per hour
The materials price variance is recognized when materials are purchased. Variable overhead is applied on the basis of direct labor-hours.
A. Computer the materials quantity variance.
B. Compute the materials price variance.
C. Computer the labor efficiency variance.
D. Compute the labor rate variance.
E. Compute the variable overhead efficiency variance.
F. Compute the variable overhead rate variance.

Based on what you've learned about the professions, which ones appeal to you as a potential career and why? if none interest you as a future career, indicate another career you're interested in and explain why that career interests you.

The following cost data pertain to the operations of montgomery department stores, inc., for the month of july. corporate legal office salaries $ 75,300apparel department cost of sales"evendale store $ 97,200corporate headquarters building lease $ 50,300store manager's salary"evendale store $ 12,900apparel department sales commission"evendale store $ 11,550store utilities"evendale store $ 12,800apparel department manager's salary"evendale store $ 10,450central warehouse lease cost $ 18,600janitorial costs"evendale store $ 11,800 the evendale store is just one of many stores owned and operated by the company. the apparel department is one of many departments at the evendale store. the central warehouse serves all of the company's stores. required: 1. what is the total amount of the costs listed above that are direct costs of the apparel department? 2. what is the total amount of the costs listed above that are direct costs of the evendale store? 3. what is the total amount of the apparel department's direct costs that are also variable costs with respect to total departmental sales?

Consider the local telephone company, a natural monopoly. the following graph shows the monthly demand curve for phone services and the company’s marginal revenue (mr), marginal cost (mc), and average total cost (atc) curves. 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 price (dollars per subscription) quantity (thousands of subscriptions) d mr mc atc 8, 60 suppose that the government has decided not to regulate this industry, and the firm is free to maximize profits, without constraints. complete the first row of the following table. pricing mechanism short run long-run decision quantity price profit (subscriptions) (dollars per subscription) profit maximization marginal-cost pricing average-cost pricing suppose that the government forces the monopolist to set the price equal to marginal cost. complete the second row of the previous table. suppose that the government forces the monopolist to set the price equal to average total cost. complete the third row of the previous table. under average-cost pricing, the government will raise the price of output whenever a firm’s costs increase, and lower the price whenever a firm’s costs decrease. over time, under the average-cost pricing policy, what will the local telephone company most likely do