Rhed kennel uses tenant-days as its measure of activity; an animal housed in the kennel for one day is counted as one tenant-day. during december, the kennel budgeted for 3,700 tenant-days, but its actual level of activity was 3,650 tenant-days. the kennel has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for december: data used in budgeting: fixed element per month variable element per tenant-day revenue - $ 33.90 wages and salaries $ 2,200 $ 7.70 food and supplies 1,400 12.90 facility expenses 8,200 4.40 administrative expenses 6,200 0.40 total expenses $ 18,000 $ 25.40 actual results for december: revenue $ 122,235 wages and salaries $ 30,575 food and supplies $ 47,455 facility expenses $ 24,360 administrative expenses $ 7,460 the activity variance for administrative expenses in december would be closest to:

Microsoft's stock price peaked at 6118% of its ipo price more than 13 years after the ipo suppose that $10,000 invested in microsoft at its ipo price had been worth $600,000 (6000% of the ipo price) after exactly 13 years. what interest rate, compounded annually, does this represent? (round your answer to two decimal places.)

Laval produces lamps and home lighting fixtures. its most popular product is a brushed aluminum desk lamp. this lamp is made from components shaped in the fabricating department and assembled in the assembly department. information related to the 22,000 desk lamps produced annually follows. direct materials $280,000direct labor fabricating department (8,000 dlh × $24 per dlh) $192,000assembly department (16,600 dlh × $26 per dlh) $431,600machine hours fabricating department $15,200mhassembly department $20,850mhexpected overhead cost and related data for the two production departments follow. fabricating assemblydirect labor hours 150,000dlh 295,000dlhmachine hours 161,000mh 128,000mhoverhead cost $400,000 430,000required1. determine the plantwide overhead rate for laval using direct labor hours as a base.2. determine the total manufacturing cost per unit for the aluminum desk lamp using the plantwide overhead rate.3. compute departmental overhead rates based on machine hours in the fabricating department and direct labor hours in the assembly department.4. use departmental overhead rates from requirement 3 to determine the total manufacturing cost per unit for the aluminum desk lamps.

Capital financial corporation will lend 90 percent against account balances that have averaged 30 days or less; 80 percent for account balances between 31 and 40 days; and 70 percent for account balances between 41 and 45 days. customers that take over 45 days to pay their bills are not considered acceptable accounts for a loan. the current prime rate is 16.50 percent, and capital charges 3.50 percent over prime to charming as its annual loan rate. a. determine the maximum loan for which charming paper company could qualify.