Which of the following statements describes the typical effect of creating a large number of refined activity cost pools for a given costing application?1) A complex ABC system with numerous cost pools provides substantial costimprovement over a smaller system with only seven to ten cost pools.2) A system containing a large number of cost pools will not tend to exhibitsubstantial cost accuracy over a system containing seven to ten cost pools.3) With the aid of a computer, every public company should strive to develop as many cost pools as possible because there is virtually no disadvantage of so doing.4) Employees normally develop a deep appreciation for the complexity of a large, tedious ABC system.

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Homestead jeans co. has an annual plant capacity of 65,000 units, and current production is 45,000 units. monthly fixed costs are $54,000, and variable costs are $29 per unit. the present selling price is $42 per unit. on november 12 of the current year, the company received an offer from dawkins company for 18,000 units of the product at $32 each. dawkins company will market the units in a foreign country under its own brand name. the additional business is not expected to affect the domestic selling price or quantity of sales of homestead jeans co. a. prepare a differential analysis dated november 12 on whether to reject (alternative 1) or accept (alternative 2) the dawkins order. if an amount is zero, enter zero "0". for those boxes in which you must enter subtracted or negative numbers use a minus sign.

Suppose the number of firms you compete with has recently increased. you estimated that as a result of the increased competition, the demand elasticity has increased from –2 to –3 (i.e., you face more elastic demand). you are currently charging $10 for your product. what is the price that you should charge if demand elasticity is -3?