Exercise 9-12 Kirkland Company combines its operating expenses for budget purposes in a selling and administrative expense budget. For the first 6 months of 2020, the following data are available. 1. Sales: 20,700 units quarter 1; 22,000 units quarter 2. 2. Variable costs per dollar of sales: sales commissions 5%, delivery expense 2%, and advertising 3%. 3. Fixed costs per quarter: sales salaries $11,000, office salaries $6,140, depreciation $4,430, insurance $2,060, utilities $910, and repairs expense $710. 4. Unit selling price: $22. Prepare a selling and administrative expense budget by quarters for the first 6 months of 2020.

Answer the following questions with true or false and provide a brief explanation (2- 3 sentences) a) economies of scale in production give rise to multi-product firms. b) ace hardware corporation is an example of economies of scale in production.

Refer to the payoff matrix. suppose that speedy bike and power bike are the only two bicycle manufacturing firms serving the market. both can choose large or small advertising budgets. is there a nash equilibrium solution to this game?

Lavage rapide is a canadian company that owns and operates a large automatic car wash facility near montreal. the following table provides data concerning the company’s costs: fixed cost per month cost per car washed cleaning supplies $ 0.70 electricity $ 1,400 $ 0.07 maintenance $ 0.15 wages and salaries $ 4,900 $ 0.30 depreciation $ 8,300 rent $ 1,900 administrative expenses $ 1,400 $ 0.03 for example, electricity costs are $1,400 per month plus $0.07 per car washed. the company expects to wash 8,000 cars in august and to collect an average of $6.50 per car washed. the actual operating results for august appear below. lavage rapide income statement for the month ended august 31 actual cars washed 8,100 revenue $ 54,100 expenses: cleaning supplies 6,100 electricity 1,930 maintenance 1,440 wages and salaries 7,660 depreciation 8,300 rent 2,100 administrative expenses 1,540 total expense 29,070 net operating income $ 25,030 required: calculate the company's revenue and spending variances for august.