Bharrat Corporation purchased 42% of Ferris Corporation for $102,000 on January 1. On October 17 of the same year, Ferris Corporation declared total cash dividends of $14,000. At year-end, Ferris Corporation reported net income of $62,000. The balance in the Bharrat Corporation's Long-Term Investment-Ferris account at December 31 should be:

Your assessment tool contains rich data about child progress in language and literacy but no details to explain the differences between children. you decide to: a. replace the tool with another b. analyze the data using factors such as language, ability, and participation rates c. review your anecdotal notations regarding language and literacy development d. talk with families about what they are seeing at home

If you were running a company, what are at least two things you could do to improve its productivity.

Oerstman, inc. uses a standard costing system and develops its overhead rates from the current annual budget.the budget is based on an expected annual output of 120,000 units requiring 480,000 direct labor hours.(practical capacity is 500,000 hours)annual budgeted overhead costs total $772,800, of which $556,800 is fixed overhead.a total of 119,300 units, using 478,000 direct labor hours, were produced during the year.actual variable overhead costs for the year were $260,400 and actual fixed overhead costs were $555,450.required: 1. compute the fixed overhead spending variance and indicate if favorable or unfavorable.2. compute the fixed overhead volume variance and indicate if favorable or unfavorable.