MajorNet Systems is a start-up company that makes connectors for high-speed Internet connections. The company has budgeted variable costs of $145 for each connector and fixed costs of $7,500 per month. MajorNet's static budget predicted production and sales of 100 connectors in August, but the company actually produced and sold only 84 connectors at a total cost of $21,000. MajorNet Systems's managers could set direct labor standards based on.

A) time-and-motion studies.
B) benchmarking.
C) continuous improvement.
D) All of the above.

Danny "dimes" donahue is a neighborhood's 9-year-old entrepreneur. his most recent venture is selling homemade brownies that he bakes himself. at a price of $2 each, he sells 100. at a price of $1.5 each, he sells 300. instructions: round your answer to 1 decimal place. a. what is the elasticity of demand? 3.50 â± 0.1 . b. is demand elastic or inelastic over this price range? . c. if demand had the same elasticity for a price decline from $1.5 to $1 as it does for the decline from $2 to $1.5, would cutting the price from $1.5 to $1 increase or decrease danny's total revenue? .

Price and efficiency variances, journal entries. the schuyler corporation manufactures lamps. it has set up the following standards per finished unit for direct materials and direct manufacturing labor: direct materials: 10 lb. at $4.50 per lb. $45.00 direct manufacturing labor: 0.5 hour at $30 per hour 15.00 the number of finished units budgeted for january 2017 was 10,000; 9,850 units were actually produced. actual results in january 2017 were as follows: direct materials: 98,055 lb. used direct manufacturing labor: 4,900 hours $154,350 assume that there was no beginning inventory of either direct materials or finished units. during the month, materials purchased amounted to 100,000 lb., at a total cost of $465,000. input price variances are isolated upon purchase. input-efficiency variances are isolated at the time of usage. 1. compute the january 2017 price and efficiency variances of direct materials and direct manufacturing labor. 2. prepare journal entries to record the variances in requirement 1. 3. comment on the january 2017 price and efficiency variances of schuyler corporation. 4. why might schuyler calculate direct materials price variances and direct materials efficiency variances with reference to different points in time

An investment offers a total return of 18 percent over the coming year. janice yellen thinks the total real return on this investment will be only 14 percent. what does janice believe the inflation rate will be over the next year?