Bandar industries berhad of malaysia manufactures sporting equipment. one of the company’s products, a football helmet for the north american market, requires a special plastic. during the quarter ending june 30, the company manufactured 3,100 helmets, using 2,077 kilograms of plastic. the plastic cost the company $13,708. according to the standard cost card, each helmet should require 0.62 kilograms of plastic, at a cost of $7.00 per kilogram. required: 1. what is the standard quantity of kilograms of plastic (sq) that is allowed to make 3,100 helmets? 2. what is the standard materials cost allowed (sq × sp) to make 3,100 helmets? 3. what is the materials spending variance? 4. what is the materials price variance and the materials quantity variance? (for requirements 3 and 4, indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "f" for favorable, "u" for unfavorable, and "none" for no effect (i. e., zero variance). input all amounts as positive values. do not round intermediate calculations.)

Companies in the u.s. car rental market vary greatly in terms of the size of the fleet, the number of locations, and annual revenue. in 2011 hertz had 320,000 cars in service and annual revenue of approximately $4.2 billion. the following data show the number of cars in service (1000s) and the annual revenue ($ millions) for six smaller car rental companies (auto rental news website, august 7, 2012). excel file: data14-09.xls if required, enter negative values as negative numbers. a. select a scatter diagram with the number of cars in service as the independent variable. b. what does the scatter diagram developed in part (a) indicate about the relationship between the two variables? c. use the least squares method to develop the estimated regression equation (to 3 decimals). ŷ = + x d. for every additional car placed in service, estimate how much annual revenue will change. by $ e. fox rent a car has 11,000 cars in service. use the estimated regression equation developed in part (c) to predict annual revenue for fox rent a car. round your answer to nearest whole value. $ million hide feedback partially correct

How has internet access changed and affected globalization from 2003 to 2013? a ten percent increase in internet access has had little effect on globalization. a twenty percent decrease in internet access has had little effect on globalization. a thirty percent increase in internet access has sped up globalization. a fifty percent decrease in internet access has slowed down globalization.

If a hotel has 100 rooms, and each room takes 25 minutes to clean, how many housekeepers working 8-hour shifts does the hotel need at 50 percent occupancy?