You are given the following information about a dry-batch paving operation. you are going to use one mixer that has a service rate of 30 services per hour. the dry-batch trucks you use for bringing concrete to the paver have an arrival rate of 7.5 arrivals per hour. each truck carries 6 cubic yards of concrete. you have a total amount of 13,500 cubic yards of concrete to pour. you rent a truck at $15 per hour and the paver at $60 per hour. if the job takes more than 80 hours, you pay a penalty of $140 per hour owing to delays in job completion. on the basis of least cost, determine the number of trucks you should use. plot the cost versus the number of trucks used.

“strategy, plans, and budgets are unrelated to one another.” do you agree? explain. explain how the manager’s choice of the type of responsibility center (cost, revenue, profit, or investment) affects the behavior of other employees.

Powell company began the 2018 accounting period with $40,000 cash, $86,000 inventory, $60,000 common stock, and $66,000 retained earnings. during 2018, powell experienced the following events: sold merchandise costing $58,000 for $99,500 on account to prentise furniture store. delivered the goods to prentise under terms fob destination. freight costs were $900 cash. received returned goods from prentise. the goods cost powell $4,000 and were sold to prentise for $5,900. granted prentise a $3,000 allowance for damaged goods that prentise agreed to keep. collected partial payment of $81,000 cash from accounts receivable. required record the events in a statements model shown below. prepare an income statement, a balance sheet, and a statement of cash flows. why would prentise agree to keep the damaged goods?

Juniper company, inc. uses a perpetual inventory system. the company purchased $9,750 of merchandise on august 7 with terms 1/10, n/30. on august 11, it returned $1,500 worth of merchandise. on august 16, it paid the full amount due. the correct journal entry to record the payment on august 16 is: