Select Foods Inc. uses activity-based costing to determine product costs. For each acitivty listeed in the left column, match an appropriate activity base from the right column. You may use items in the activity-base list more than once or not at all. Activity Activity Base
Accounting reports Engineering change orders
Customer return processing Kilowatt hours used
Electric power Number of accounting reports
Human resources Number of customers
Inventory control Number of customer orders
Invoice and collecting Number of customer returns
Machine depreciation Number of employees
Materials handling Number of inspections
Order shipping Number of inventory transactions
Payroll Number of machine hours
Production control Number of material moves
Production setup Number of payroll checks processed
Purchasing Number of production orders
Quality control Number of purchase orders
Sales order processing Number of sales orders
Number of setups

Rate of return, standard deviation, coefficient of variation personal finance problem mike is searching for a stock to include in his current stock portfolio. he is interested in hi-tech inc.; he has been impressed with the company's computer products and believes hi-tech is an innovative market player. however, mike realizes that any time you consider a technology stock, risk is a major concern. the rule he follows is to include only securities with a coefficient of variation of returns below 1.07. mike has obtained the following price information for the period 2015 through 2018:hi-tech stock, being growth-oriented, did not pay any dividends during these 4 years. a. calculate the rate of return for each year, 2015 through 2018, for hi-tech stock. b. assume that each year's return is equally probable and calculate the average return over this time period. c. calculate the standard deviation of returns over the past 4 years. (hint: treat this data as a sample.) d. based on b and c determine the coefficient of variation of returns for the security. e. given the calculation in d what should be mike's decision regarding the inclusion of hi-tech stock in his portfolio?