Plaza, inc.’s first quarter budget reflects that direct materials are budgeted at $126,000, direct labor is budgeted at $252,000, and overhead is budgeted at $294,000. at the end of the first quarter, the total unfavorable difference between budgeted costs and actual costs is $2,380. if actual direct materials costs were $126,700 and actual overhead was $293,020, what the amount of actual direct labor costs during the first quarter? a : $249,900 b : $254,660 c : $252,700 d : $254,380

Stormie zanzibar owns a bakery in the fictitious country of olombia. each month the government’s market ministry mails her a large list of the regulated price of goods which include products like bread, muffins and flat bread. the list also dictates the types of goods she can sell at the bakery and what she is to charge. because of the regulations placed on these goods, stormie has increased her production of sweets, pies, cakes, croissants and buns and decreased her supply of breads, muffins and flat bread. she has taken these steps because the sweet goods’ prices are not government controlled. stormie zanzibar lives under what type of economy?