Bacon Company makes four products in a single facility. These products have the following unit product costs: Products A B C D Direct materials $14.30 $10.20 $11.00 $10.60 Direct labor 19.40 27.40 33.60 40.40 Variable manufacturing overhead 4.30 2.70 2.60 3.20 Fixed manufacturing overhead 26.50 34.80 26.60 37.20 Unit product cost $64.50 $75.10 $73.80 $91.40 Additional data concerning these products are listed below. Products A B C D Grinding minutes per unit 3.80 5.30 4.30 3.40 Selling price per unit $76.10 $93.50 $87.40 $104.20 Variable selling cost per unit $2.20 $1.20 $3.30 $1.60 Monthly demand in units 4,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 The grinding machines are the constraint in the production facility. A total of 53,600 minutes are available per month on these machines. Direct labor is a variable cost in this company. Up to how much should the company be willing to pay for one additional minute of grinding machine time if the company has made the best use of the existing grinding machine capacity

Richardson hired j.c. flood company, a plumbing contractor, to correct a stoppage in the sewer line of her house. the plumbing company's 'snake' device, used to clear the line leading to the main sewer, became caught in the underground line. to release it, the company excavated a portion of the sewer line in richardson's backyard. in the process, the company discovered numerous leaks in a rusty, defective water pipe that ran parallel with the sewer line. to meet public regulations, the water pipe, of a type no longer approved for such service, had to be replaced either then or later, when the yard would have to be excavated again. the plumbing company proceeded to repair the water pipe. though richardson inspected the company's work daily and did not express any objection to the extra work involved in replacing the water pipe, she refused to pay any part of the total bill after the company completed the entire operation. j.c. flood company then sued richardson for the costs of labor and material it had furnished. (c) for what, if anything, should richardson be liable? explain."

The basic difference between macroeconomics and microeconomics is that: a. microeconomics looks at the forest (aggregate markets) while macroeconomics looks at the trees (individual markets). b. macroeconomics is concerned with groups of individuals while microeconomics is concerned with single countries. c. microeconomics is concerned with the trees (individual markets) while macroeconomics is concerned with the forest (aggregate markets). d. macroeconomics is concerned with generalization while microeconomics is concerned with specialization.

Salge inc. bases its manufacturing overhead budget on budgeted direct labor-hours. the variable overhead rate is $8.10 per direct labor-hour. the company's budgeted fixed manufacturing overhead is $74,730 per month, which includes depreciation of $20,670. all other fixed manufacturing overhead costs represent current cash flows. the direct labor budget indicates that 5,300 direct labor-hours will be required in september. the company recomputes its predetermined overhead rate every month. the predetermined overhead rate for september should be: