Diehl corporation uses an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools. the company has provided the following data concerning its costs and its activity based costing system: costs: manufacturing overhead $ 480,000 selling and administrative expenses 100,000 total $ 580,000 distribution of resource consumption: activity cost pools order size customer support other total manufacturing overhead 5% 85% 10% 100% selling and administrative expenses 60% 20% 20% 100% the "other" activity cost pool consists of the costs of idle capacity and organization-sustaining costs. you have been asked to complete the first-stage allocation of costs to the activity cost pools. how much cost, in total, would be allocated in the first-stage allocation to the customer support activity cost pool?

The price of trade suppose that portugal and sweden both produce rye and wine. portugal's opportunity cost of producing a bottle of wine is 4 bushels of rye while sweden's opportunity cost of producing a bottle of wine is 10 bushels of rye. by comparing the opportunity cost of producing wine in the two countries, you can tell thatportugal/sweden has a comparative advantage in the production of wine.andportugal/sweden has a comparative advantage in the production of rye. suppose that portugal and sweden consider trading wine and rye with each other. portugal can gain from specialization and trade as long as it receives more rye for each bottle of wine it exports to sweden. similarly, sweden can gain from trade as long as it receives more bottles of wine for each bushel of rye it exports to portugal. based on your answer to the last question, which of the following prices of trade (that is, price of wine in terms of rye) would allow both sweden and portugal to gain from trade? a. 1 bushels of rye per bottle of wineb. 8 bushels of rye per bottle of winec. 9 bushels of rye per bottle of wined. 3 bushels of rye per bottle of wine

Which of the following is an effective strategy when interest rates are falling? a. use long-term loans to take advantage of current low rates. b. use short-term loans to take advantage of lower rates when you refinance a loan. c. deposit to a short-term savings instrumentals to take advantage of higher interest rates when they mature. d.select short-term savings instruments to lock in earnings at a current high rates.

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