Gold star rice, ltd., of thailand exports thai rice throughout asia. the company grows three varieties of rice—white, fragrant, and loonzain. budgeted sales by product and in total for the coming month are shown below: product white fragrant loonzain total percentage of total sales 48 % 20 % 32 % 100 % sales $ 340,800 100 % $ 142,000 100 % $ 227,200 100 % $ 710,000 100 % variable expenses 102,240 30 % 113,600 80 % 124,960 55 % 340,800 48 % contribution margin $ 238,560 70 % $ 28,400 20 % $ 102,240 45 % 369,200 52 % fixed expenses 232,440 net operating income $ 136,760 dollar sales to break-even = fixed expenses = $232,440 = $447,000 cm ratio 0.52 as shown by these data, net operating income is budgeted at $136,760 for the month and the estimated break-even sales is $447,000. assume that actual sales for the month total $710,000 as planned. actual sales by product are: white, $227,200; fragrant, $284,000; and loonzain, $198,800. required: 1. prepare a contribution format income statement for the month based on the actual sales data. 2. compute the break-even point in dollar sales for the month based on your actual data.

Read the overview below and complete the activities that follow. apartment complexes often look for ways to recruit new tenants and retain current tenants. although apartment complexes offer the tangible benefit of shelter to their tenants, many apartment complexes also offer additional services to tenants to encourage tenants to stay or to support the rent prices. the following scenario identifies the several service gaps of a company that runs an apartment complex as well as solutions for reducing these service gaps. concept review: customers have certain expectations about how a service should be delivered. a service gap occurs when the delivery of a service fails to meet customer expectations. there are four types of service gaps: knowledge gap, standards gap, delivery gap, and the communications gap. it is important for marketers to identify these gaps and develop strategies for minimizing them. match the example or solution to the appropriate service gap category.1. wait for repairs 5. train employees well2. understand expectations 6. incentives for tenants3. do not overpromise 7. family movie night4. empower employees 8. delayed lawn careservice gap example solutionknowledge gap standards gap delivery gap communication gap