Jagjit Company designs and builds retaining walls for individual customers. On August 1, there were two jobs in process: Job 93 with a beginning balance of $8,750 and Job 94 with a beginning balance of $7,300. Jagjit applies overhead at the rate of $8 per direct labor hour. Direct labor wages average $18 per hour. Data on August costs for all jobs are as follows: Job 93 Job 94 Job 95 Job 96
Direct materials $950 $4,500 $3,300 $1,300
Direct labor cost 2,160 5,400 2,610 900

During August, Jobs 95 and 96 were started. Job 93 was completed on August 17, and the client was billed at cost plus 40%. All other jobs remained in process.

Required:
a. Calculate the number of direct labor hours that were worked on each job in August.
b. Calculate the overhead applied to each job during the month of August.
c. Prepare job-order cost sheets for each job as of the end of August.
d. Calculate the balance in Work in Process on August 31.
e. What is the price of Job 93?

Suppose that xtel currently is selling at $40 per share. you buy 500 shares using $15,000 of your own money, borrowing the remainder of the purchase price from your broker. the rate on the margin loan is 8%. a. what is the percentage increase in the net worth of your brokerage account if the price of xtel immediately changes to (a) $44; (b) $40; (c) $36? (leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required. negative values should be indicated by a minus sign. round your answers to 2 decimal places.) b. if the maintenance margin is 25%, how low can xtel’s price fall before you get a margin call? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.) c. how would your answer to requirement 2 would change if you had financed the initial purchase with only $10,000 of your own money? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.) d. what is the rate of return on your margined position (assuming again that you invest $15,000 of your own money) if xtel is selling after one year at (a) $44; (b) $40; (c) $36? (negative values should be indicated by a minus sign. round your answers to 2 decimal places.) e. continue to assume that a year has passed. how low can xtel’s price fall before you get a margin call? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.)