Seemore Company manufactures binoculars. The actual costs for 2013 and 2014 were as follows: 2013 2014 Direct materials: Plastic case $ 8.00 $ 7.60 Lens set 34.00 34.40 Direct labor 64.00 (1.6 hours) 60.00 (1.5 hours) Indirect manufacturing costs: Variable 16.00 14.20 Fixed 4.00 (100,000 units) 3.80 (120,000 units) Beginning in 2014, Seemore implemented a continuous improvement program that required a first-year cost reduction target of a 7 percent reduction of the 2013 base. Seemore's continuous improvement target for direct labor in 2014 was:

Which type of data is generally stored in different file formats, such as text files, spreadsheets, and so on?

Dr. sperry, a biologist, is using excel to track growth rates of different populations of bacteria. she has a very complex formula in one cell. it begins with “round”. dr. sperry would like to see exactly how excel’s calculation reached the final rounded value that she sees in the cell. what could dr. sperry do to best understand how the calculation was made? try different formulas on her own until she reaches the value shown in excel click on the evaluate formula button in the formulas tab and then click “step in” select the cell and then look at the formula in the formula field of the ribbon remove “round” from the formula in order to see the actual value before rounding

Which of the following best explains the purpose of protectionist trade policies such as tariffs and subsidies? a. they make sure that governments have enough money to pay for fiscal policies. b. they give foreign competitors access to new markets around the world. c. they allow producers to sell their products more cheaply than foreign competitors. d. they enable producers to purchase productive resources from everywhere in the world.