Remington inc. is contemplating the use of process costing to track the costs of its operations. the operation consists of three segments (departments): receiving, shipping, and delivery. containers are received at remington’s docks and sorted according to the ship they will be carried on. the containers are loaded onto a ship, which carries them to the appropriate port of destination. the containers are then off-loaded and delivered to the receiving department. remington wants to begin using process costing in the shipping department. direct materials represent the fuel costs to run the ship, and “containers in transit” represents work in process. listed below is information about the shipping department’s first month’s activity. calculate the equivalent units for direct materials and conversion costs.

Recently, verizon wireless ran a pricing trial in order to estimate the elasticity of demand for its services. the manager selected three states that were representative of its entire service area and increased prices by 5 percent to customers in those areas. one week later, the number of customers enrolled in verizon's cellular plans declined 4 percent in those states, while enrollments in states where prices were not increased remained flat. the manager used this information to estimate the own-price elasticity of demand and, based on her findings, immediately increased prices in all market areas by 5 percent in an attempt to boost the company's 2016 annual revenues. one year later, the manager was perplexed because verizon's 2016 annual revenues were 10 percent lower than those in 2015"the price increase apparently led to a reduction in the company's revenues. did the manager make an error? yes - the one-week measures show demand is inelastic, so a price increase will decrease revenues. yes - the one-week measures show demand is elastic, so a price increase will reduce revenues. yes - cell phone elasticity is likely much larger in the long-run than the short-run. no - the cell phone market must have changed between 2011 and 2012 for this price increase to lower revenues.

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Rachel died in 2014 and her executor is finalizing her estate tax return. the executor has determined that rachel’s adjusted gross estate is $10,120,000 and that her estate is entitled to a charitable deduction in the amount of $500,000. using 2014 rates, calculate the estate tax liability for rachel’s estate.