Winston Co. had two products code named X and Y. The firm had the following budget for August: Product X Product Y Total Sales $ 286,000 $ 520,000 $ 806,000 Variable Costs 189,800 218,400 408,200 Contribution Margin $ 96,200 $ 301,600 $ 397,800 Fixed costs 50,000 108,000 158,000 Operating Income $ 46,200 $ 193,600 $ 239,800 Selling Price per unit $ 110.00 $ 50.00 On September 1, the following actual operating results for August were reported: Product X Product Y Total Sales $ 360,000 $ 540,000 $ 900,000 Variable Costs 195,000 216,000 411,000 Contribution Margin $ 165,000 $ 324,000 $ 489,000 Fixed costs 50,000 108,000 158,000 Operating Income $ 115,000 $ 216,000 $ 331,000 Units Sold 3,000 9,000 Total industry volume for both products X and Y was estimated to be 130,000 units at the time of the budget. Actual industry volume for the period for products X and Y was 100,000 units. The firm's total sales quantity variance for the period is:

Suppose you have just been hired as the chief diversity officer of a large company. previous mentoring programs at this company have not been successful. after inquiring about previous efforts, you discover that most mentor pairs met just a few times, but very few lasting or meaningful mentoring relationships were created. there were also a significant number of employees that did not even attempt to seek out a mentor relationship. which of the following may be a reason why prior mentoring programs at your company failed? check all that apply.a) minorities and women are much less likely to develop mentoring relationships than white malesb) mentoring is not an effective way for organizations to develop female and minority employeesc) due to specific laws governing appropriate workplace behavior, senior-level male executives were reluctant to cultivate mentoring relationships with female employees, fearing negative repercussionsd) fear of creating a future competitor within the company, senior-level female executives were hesitant to mentor other female employees

True or false: a fitted model with more predictors will necessarily have a lower training set error than a model with fewer predictors.

True or flase? a. new technological developments can us adapt to depleting sources of natural resources. b. research and development funds from the government to private industry never pay off for the country as a whole; they only increase the profits of rich corporations. c. in order for fledgling industries in poor nations to thrive, they must receive protection from foreign trade. d. countries with few natural resources will always be poor. e. as long as real gdp (gross domestic product) grows at a slower rate than the population, per capita real gdp increases.