During July, Whitman paid $189,600 to employees for 8,900 hours worked. 4,760 units were produced during July. What is the direct labor efficiency variance

(a) what was the opportunity cost of non-gm food for many buyers before 2008? (b) why did they prefer the alternative? (c) what was the opportunity cost in 2008? (d) why did it change?

Make or buy eastside company incurs a total cost of $120,000 in producing 10,000 units of a component needed in the assembly of its major product. the component can be purchased from an outside supplier for $11 per unit. a related cost study indicates that the total cost of the component includes fixed costs equal to 50% of the variable costs involved. a. should eastside buy the component if it cannot otherwise use the released capacity? present your answer in the form of differential analysis. use negative sign represent a net disadvantage answer; otherwise do not use negative signs with your answers. cost from outside supplier $answer variable costs avoided by purchasing answer net advantage (disadvantage) to purchase alternative $answer b. what would be your answer to requirement (a) if the released capacity could be used in a project that would generate $50,000 of contribution margin? use negative sign represent a net disadvantage answer; otherwise do not use negative signs with your answers.

The average month end closing stock price for company a over the past year is $34.57 with a standard deviation of $4.65. the average month end closing stock price for company b over the same period is $26.15 with a standard deviation of $7.45. based on this data, we can conclude that the stock price for company a is more consistent when compared to the stock price for company b.