Jemmott Corporation has two divisions: Western Division and Eastern Division. The following report is for the most recent operating period: Total Company Western Division Eastern Division
Sales $406,000 $188,000 $218,000
Variable expenses 111,880 63,920 47,960
Contribution margin 294,120 124,080 170,040
Traceable fixed expenses 191,000 85,000 106,000
Segment margin 103,120 39,080 64,040
Common fixed expenses 69,020 31,960 37,060
Net operating income $34,100 $7,120 $26,980

The common fixed expenses have been allocated to the divisions on the basis of sales. The company’s overall break-even sales is closest to:

a. $271,743
b. $358,929
c. $94,243
d. $264,685

Xie company identified the following activities, costs, and activity drivers for 2017. the company manufactures two types of go-karts: deluxe and basic. activity expected costs expected activity handling materials $ 625,000 100,000 parts inspecting product 900,000 1,500 batches processing purchase orders 105,000 700 orders paying suppliers 175,000 500 invoices insuring the factory 300,000 40,000 square feet designing packaging 75,000 2 models required: 1. compute a single plantwide overhead rate, assuming that the company assigns overhead based on 125,000 budgeted direct labor hours. 2. in january 2017, the deluxe model required 2,500 direct labor hours and the basic model required 6,000 direct labor hours. assign overhead costs to each model using the single plantwide overhead rate.

How has apple been able to sustain its competitive advantage in the smartphone industry? a. by reducing its network effects b. by targeting its new products and services toward laggards c. by driving the price for the end user to zero d. by regularly introducing incremental improvements in its products

On december 1, 2017, bigham corporation pays a dividend of $4.00 on each share of its common stock. vanessa and gena, two unrelated shareholders, each own 5,000 shares of the stock. vanessa has owned her stock for two years while gena purchased her stock on november 3, 2017. how does each shareholder treat the $20,000 dividend from bigham