Standard and actual costs for direct materials for the manufacture of 1,000 units of product were as follows: Actual costs 1,550 lbs. at $9.10 Standard costs 1,600 lbs. at $9.00 Determine the (a) quantity variance, (b) price variance, and (c) total direct materials cost variance. Enter favorable variances as negative numbers. a. Quantity variance$ b. Price variance$ c. Total direct materials cost variance$

Which of the following statements about brand names is true? brand names give the seller an incentive to provide consistently high-quality products and services in order to protect the reputation of the brand. brand names are always economically wasteful since they dupe consumers into buying more expensive goods and services that are no different from generic versions. it is always rational to prefer brand names over generic substitutes. read the following example and determine whether it illustrates a common critique or defense of advertising. musashi sees a commercial for a brand x clothing company that depicts the wearers of the clothes out having a good time with friends. although he doesn't particularly need new clothes, the commercial prompts him to buy a brand x t-shirt.

In most states, a licensee must provide a(n) of any existing agency relationships to all parties

Bernard made a gift of $500,000 to his brother in 2014. due to bernard’s prior taxable gifts he paid $200,000 of gift tax. when bernard died in 2019, the applicable gift tax credit had increased. at bernard’s death, what amount related to the $500,000 gift to his brother is included in his gross estate?