An Army Corps of Engineers project for improving navigation on the Ohio River will have an initial cost of $6,150,000 and annual maintenance of $115,000. Benefits for barges and paddle wheel touring boats are estimated at $775,000 per year. The project is assumed to be permanent, and the discount rate is 12% per year. Determine if the Corps should proceed with the project. What will be an ideal response?

Doogan corporation makes a product with the following standard costs: standard quantity or hours standard price or rate direct materials 2.0 grams $ 7.00 per gram direct labor 1.6 hours $ 12.00 per hour variable overhead 1.6 hours $ 6.00 per hour the company produced 5,000 units in january using 10,340 grams of direct material and 2,320 direct labor-hours. during the month, the company purchased 10,910 grams of the direct material at $7.30 per gram. the actual direct labor rate was $12.85 per hour and the actual variable overhead rate was $5.80 per hour. the company applies variable overhead on the basis of direct labor-hours. the direct materials purchases variance is computed when the materials are purchased. the materials quantity variance for january is: