Windham industries has an annual plant capacity of 80,000 units; current production is 65,000 units per year. at the current production volume, the variable cost per unit is $40.00, and the fixed cost per unit is $4.50. the normal selling price of windham’s product is $60.00 per unit. windham has been asked by ramone company to fill a special order for 8,000 units of the product at a special sales price of $38.00 per unit. ramone is located in a foreign country where windham does not currently operate. ramone will market the units in its country under its own brand name, so the special order is not expected to have any effect on windham’s regular sales. by how much will operating income change if the special order is accepted?

Oceanside marine company manufactures special metallic materials and decorative fittings for luxury yachts that require highly skilled labor. oceanside uses standard costs to prepare its flexible budget. for the first quarter of the year, direct materials and direct labor standards for one of their popular products were as follows: direct materials: 2 pound per unit; $ 11 per pound direct labor: 2 hours per unit; $ 19 per hour oceanside produced 2 comma 000 units during the quarter. at the end of the quarter, an examination of the direct materials records showed that the company used 7 comma 500 pounds of direct materials and actual total materials costs were $ 98 comma 100. what is the direct materials cost variance? (round any intermediate calculations to the nearest cent, and your final answer to the nearest dollar.)

Quick computing currently sells 12 million computer chips each year at a price of $19 per chip. it is about to introduce a new chip, and it forecasts annual sales of 22 million of these improved chips at a price of $24 each. however, demand for the old chip will decrease, and sales of the old chip are expected to fall to 6 million per year. the old chips cost $10 each to manufacture, and the new ones will cost $14 each. what is the proper cash flow to use to evaluate the present value of the introduction of the new chip? (enter your answer in millions.)

Which of the statements best describes why the aggregate demand curve is downward sloping? an increase in the aggregate price level causes consumer and investment spending to fall, because consumer purchasing power decreases and money demand increases. as the aggregate price level increases, consumer expectations about the future change. as the aggregate price level decreases, the stock of existing physical capital increases. as a good's price increases, holding all else constant, the good's quantity demanded decreases.