Your company used to employ 1 computer technician, olivia, at a cost of $20/hour. she could fix 2.8 computer problems per hour. olivia retired and is enjoying life in costa rica now. -a new computer technician, layla, has been hired at a cost of $27.50 per hour, but she can fix 3.5 computer problems per hour. -call center operators utilize computers. they are paid an average of $16 per hour. when their computers are broken, these operators are unable to work. on average, 1.9 computer problems are reported every hour. -your company pays both the technician and the operators. operators with broken computers are paid, but they are not productive. given the information, what percentage of the time was olivia busy fixing computers? what percentage of the time is layla busy fixing computers? while layla gets paid significantly more per hour than olivia, she is reducing the overall cost of this system. how much money is being saved per hour by utilizing the new technician, layla? (hint: calculate the number of operators in olivia's system versus layla's system)

On january 8, the end of the first weekly pay period of the year, regis company's payroll register showed that its employees earned $22,760 of office salaries and $70,840 of sales salaries. withholdings from the employees' salaries include fica social security taxes at the rate of 6.20%, fica medicare taxes at the rate of 1.45%, $13,260 of federal income taxes, $1,450 of medical insurance deductions, and $860 of union dues. no employee earned more than $7,000 in this first pay period. required: 1.1 calculate below the amounts for each of these four taxes of regis company. regis’s merit rating reduces its state unemployment tax rate to 3% of the first $7,000 paid to each employee. the federal unemployment tax rate is 0.60

Bruce matthews played football for the tennessee titans. as part of his contract, he agreed to submit any dispute to arbitra- tion. he also agreed that tennessee law would determine all matters related to workers' compensation. after matthews retired, he filed a workers' compensation claim in california. the arbitrator ruled that matthews could pursue his claim in california but only under tennessee law. should this award be set aside?

Prepare the operating activities section—indirect method.(lo 4), apthe income statement of paxson company is presented here.paxson companyincome statementfor the year ended november 30, 2014sales revenue $7,600,000cost of goods sold beginning inventory$1,900,000 purchases4,400,000goods available for sale6,300,000 ending inventory1,600,000total cost of goods sold 4,700,000gross profit 2,900,000operating expenses selling expenses450,000 administrative expenses700,0001,150,000net income $1,750,000additional information: prepare the operating activities section—indirect 1. accounts receivable decreased $380,000 during the year, and inventory decreased $300,000.2. prepaid expenses increased $150,000 during the year.3. accounts payable to suppliers of merchandise decreased $350,000 during the year.4. accrued expenses payable decreased $100,000 during the year.5. administrative expenses include depreciation expense of $110,000.instructionsprepare the operating activities section of the statement of cash flows for the year ended november 30, 2014, for paxson company, using the indirect method.net cash provided $1,940,000