At the Wild Cat Group​ Company, the cost of the library and information center has always been charged to the various departments based upon number of employees.​ Recently, opinions gathered from the department managers indicate that the number of engineers within a department might be a better predictor of library and information center costs. Total library and information center costs are $207,000. Department A B C Number of employees 155 515 140 Number of engineers 20 90 40 If the number of engineers is considered the cost​ driver, what amount of library and information center costs will be allocated to Department​ A? (Round any intermediary calculations two decimal places and your final answer to the nearest​ dollar.)

Bonds often pay a coupon twice a year. for the valuation of bonds that make semiannual payments, the number of periods doubles, whereas the amount of cash flow decreases by half. using the values of cash flows and number of periods, the valuation model is adjusted accordingly. assume that a $1,000,000 par value, semiannual coupon us treasury note with three years to maturity has a coupon rate of 3%. the yield to maturity (ytm) of the bond is 7.70%. using this information and ignoring the other costs involved, calculate the value of the treasury note:

Bandar industries berhad of malaysia manufactures sporting equipment. one of the company’s products, a football helmet for the north american market, requires a special plastic. during the quarter ending june 30, the company manufactured 35,000 helmets, using 22,500 kilograms of plastic. the plastic cost the company $171,000. according to the standard cost card, each helmet should require 0.6 kilograms of plastic, at a cost of $8 per kilogram. 1. what is the standard quantity of kilograms of plastic (sq) that is allowed to make 35,000 helmets? 2. what is the standard materials cost allowed (sq x sp) to make 35,000 helmets? 3. what is the materials spending variance? 4. what is the materials price variance and the materials quantity variance?

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