Tenet engineering, inc. operates two user divisions as separate cost objects. to determine the costs of each division, the company allocates common costs to the divisions. during the past month, the following common costs were incurred: computer services (85% fixed) $ 279,000 building occupancy 680,000 personnel costs 118,000 total common costs $ 1,077,000 the following information is available concerning various activity measures and service usages by each of the divisions: division a division b area occupied (square feet) 21,000 42,000 payroll $ 451,000 $ 251,000 computer time (hours) 340 360 computer storage (megabytes) 7,200 -0- equipment value $ 217,000 $ 267,000 operating profit (pre-allocations) $ 552,500 $ 492,500 if common computer service costs are allocated using computer time as the allocation basis, what is the computer cost allocated to division b?

Which statement is true about the elements of the interface of a presentation program? a. the status bar appears at the top of the page and displays options to style your slides. b. the tool bar displays the thumbnails of your presentation slides in the order they will appear in the presentation. c. rulers indicate the margins, tabs, and indents in a presentation slide. d. the document area provides a list of commands to create, format, and edit presentations.

Southeastern bell stocks a certain switch connector at its central warehouse for supplying field service offices. the yearly demand for these connectors is 15,000 units. southeastern estimates its annual holding cost for this item to be $25 per unit. the cost to place and process an order from the supplier is $75. the company operates 300 days per year, and the lead time to receive an order from the supplier is 2 working days. a) find the economic order quantity. b) find the annual holding costs. c) find the annual ordering costs. d) what is the reorder point?

Suppose a firm faces a fixed price of output, 푝푝= 1200. the firm hires workers from a union at a daily wage, 푤푤, to produce output according to the production function 푞푞= 2퐸퐸12. there are 225 workers in the union. any union worker who does not work for this firm is guaranteed to find nonunion employment at a wage of $96 per day. a. what is the firm’s labor demand function? b. if the firm is allowed to choose 푤푤, but then the union decides how many workers to provide (up to 225) at that wage, what wage will the firm set? how many workers will the union provide? what is the firm’s output and profit? what is the total income of the 225 union workers? c. now suppose that the union sets the wage, but the firm decides how many workers to hire at that wage (up to 225). what wage will the union set to maximize the total income of all 225 workers? how many workers will the firm hire? what is the firm’s output and profit? what is the total income of the 225 union workers? [hint: to maximize total income of union, take the first order condition with respect to w and set equal to 0.]