Labor data for making one gallon of finished product in Bing Company are as follows. (1) Price—hourly wage rate $15.50, payroll taxes $0.70, and fringe benefits $1.40. (2) Quantity—actual production time 1.70 hours, rest periods and cleanup 0.30 hours, and setup and downtime 0.20 hours. Compute the following: a. Standard direct labor rate per hour.
b. Standard direct labor hours per gallon.
c. Standard labor cost per gallon.

Power plants that rely on coal increase the amount of sulfur dioxide that dissolves into the air, eventually increasing the acidity of precipitation. the higher acidity of rain and snow can damage forests by making it more difficult for plants to absorb minerals from the soil. the equations below provide information about the market demand and supply of electricity. there is a constant marginal external cost of $25 per unit of electricity.d: qd= 200 – 2ps: qs=p – 10what quantity of electricity satisfies allocative efficiency in this market? a. 60b. 70c. 50d. 43.3