Below is a summary of all transactions of Pixar Toy Manufacturing for the month of August 2021. Cash Transactions Cash collections from: Customers $ 93,500 Sale of unused warehouse 36,000 Bank borrowing 26,000 Cash payments for: Employee salaries (65,300 ) Office rent (19,000 ) Manufacturing equipment (46,000 ) Office utilities (11,800 ) Dividends to stockholders (6,700 ) Materials to make toys (27,700 ) Noncash Transactions Sales to customers on account 16,400 Purchase of materials on account 13,900 Purchase equipment with promissory note to pay later 18,500 Required: Prepare a statement of cash flows for the month of August 2021, properly classifying each of the transactions into operating, investing, and financing activities. The cash balance at the beginning of August is $25,500. (List cash outflows and decrease in cash as negative amounts.)

Technology corp. is considering a $238,160 investment in a new marketing campaign that it anticipates will provide annual cash flows of $52,000 for the next five years. the firm has a 6% cost of capital. what should the analysis indicate to the firm's managers?

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.)

Acompany that makes shopping carts for supermarkets and other stores recently purchased some new equipment that reduces the labor content of the jobs needed to produce the shopping carts. prior to buying the new equipment, the company used 6 workers, who produced an average of 79 carts per hour. workers receive $16 per hour, and machine coast was $49 per hour. with the new equipment, it was possible to transfer one of the workers to another department, and equipment cost increased by $11 per hour while output increased by four carts per hour. a) compute the multifactor productivity (mfp) (labor plus equipment) under the prior to buying the new equipment. the mfp (carts/$) = (round to 4 decimal places). b) compute the productivity changes between the prior to and after buying the new equipment. the productivity growth = % (round to 2 decimal places)