Gipple Corporation makes a product that uses a material with the quantity standard of 7.8 grams per unit of output and the price standard of $6.50 per gram. In January the company produced 3,900 units using 25,370 grams of the direct material. During the month the company purchased 27,900 grams of the direct material at $6.70 per gram. The direct materials purchases variance is computed when the materials are purchased. The materials price variance for January is: Multiple Choice a. $6,084 F b. $5,580 U c. $6,084 U d. $5,580 F

Onsider the following subscription behavior information from genie, a web site that provides tools for constructing a family tree (ancestor search). subscriptions cost $9.99 per month, but you are charged for the entire year at the time of purchase. there is a one-year minimum term when you sign up for the service. once purchased, subscriptions are set to renew automatically unless the subscriber cancels them. when a membership renews, it renews for a one-year term and again you are charged for the entire year. there are no variable costs associated with providing this service to an individual customer, but genie does engage in customer relationship activities that they believe will increase customer retention. these customer relationship activities cost genie about $10 per year per customer. based on a sample of 1000 customers that joined genie five years ago, near the time when the company was founded, they were able to determine how many of those customers remained subscribers in the second year, third year etc. based on this information, genie calculated the average annual retention rate to be 20%. genie uses an annual discount rate of 8%. a. last year, genie spent $10,000 placing advertisements on google. genie management believes that these advertisements were responsible for about 300 new subscribers. would you recommend to genie management that they purchase more google ads? b. suppose a newly-introduced loyalty program increases the number of customers that remained to 30%. does this new data change your answer to 9.a? c. do you have any hesitations or concerns about making recommendations to management based on your above estimate of customer lifetime value?

You are to receive five gold coins from your great uncle as an incentive to study hard. the coins were originally purchased in 1982. your great uncle will deliver the coins the week after finals (assuming your grades are "acceptable"). the amount your great uncle paid for the coins is a(n): indirect cost. overhead cost. opportunity cost. sunk cost.

Use the drop-down menus to complete the statements about credit reports and scores. a credit report summarizes a person’s . a credit score is a measure of a person’s as a borrower. is a factor that contributes to a person’s credit score.