Duo, Inc., carries two products and has the following year-end income statement (000s omitted): Product AR-10 Product ZR-7 Budget Actual Budget Actual Units 3,500 4,620 10,500 10,780 Sales $ $ 10,500 $ 12,474 $ 21,000 $ 22,638 Variable costs 4,200 4,620 10,500 11,319 Fixed Costs 3,150 3,119 4,200 4,528 Total Costs $ 7,350 $ 7,739 $ 14,700 $ 15,847 Operating income $ 3,150 $ 4,736 $ 6,300 $ 6,791 If products AR-10 and ZR-7 are substitutes for each other, a sales mix and sales volume variation for the combined products can be calculated. If this combination is calculated, the sales quantity variance is: (Round intermediate calculations to 5 significant digits, and your final answer to the nearest whole dollar amount.)

Your parents have accumulated a $170,000 nest egg. they have been planning to use this money to pay college costs to be incurred by you and your sister, courtney. however, courtney has decided to forgo college and start a nail salon. your parents are giving courtney $20,000 to her get started, and they have decided to take year-end vacations costing $8,000 per year for the next four years. use 8 percent as the appropriate interest rate throughout this problem. use appendix a and appendix d for an approximate answer, but calculate your final answer using the formula and financial calculator methods. a. how much money will your parents have at the end of four years to you with graduate school, which you will start then?

How does your household gain from specialization and comparative advantage? (what is produced, what is not produced yet paid to a specialist to produce? )

12. to produce a textured purée, you would use a/an a. food processor. b. wide-mesh sieve. c. immersion blender d. food mill.