A company is evaluating three possible investments. Each uses the straightminusline method of depreciation. Following information is provided by the company: Project A Project B Project C Investment $ 228 comma 000 $ 54 comma 000 $ 228 comma 000 Residual value 0 16 comma 000 30 comma 000 Net cash inflows: Year 1 66 comma 000 36 comma 000 100 comma 000 Year 2 66 comma 000 27 comma 000 70 comma 000 Year 3 66 comma 000 23 comma 000 80 comma 000 Year 4 66 comma 000 20 comma 000 40 comma 000 Year 5 66 comma 000 0 0 What is the accounting rate of return for Project B? (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.

For a firm that uses the weighted average method of process costing, which of the following must be true? (a) physical units can be greater than or less than equivalent units. (b) physical units must be equal to equivalent units. (c) equivalent units must be greater than or equal to physical units. (d) physical units must be greater than or equal to equivalent units.

Almeda products, inc., uses a job-order costing system. the company's inventory balances on april 1, the start of its fiscal year, were as follows: