Longview Manufacturing Company manufactures two products (I and II). The overhead costs ($60,500) have been divided into three cost pools that use the following activity drivers: Number of Labor
Product Number of Orders Transactions Labor Hours
I 15 50 500
II 10 150 2,000
Cost per pool $12,500 $8,000 $40,000
If the number of labor hours is used to assign labor costs from the cost pool, determine the amount of overhead cost to be assigned to Product I.
a. $8,000.
b. $58,000.
c. $9,600.
d. $32,000.

10. which of the following is true regarding preretirement inflation? a. defined-benefit plans provide more inflation protection than defined-contribution plans. b. because of preretirement inflation, possible investment-related growth is increased for defined-contribution plans. c. all types of benefits are designed to cope with preretirement inflation. d. preretirement inflation is generally reflected in the increase in an employee's compensation level over a working career.

You have just been hired as a brand manager at kelsey-white, an american multinational consumer goods company. recently the firm invested in the development of k-w vision, a series of systems and processes that allow the use of up-to-date data and advanced analytics to drive informed decision making about k-w brands. it is 2018. the system is populated with 3 years of historical data. as brand manager for k-w’s blue laundry detergent, you are tasked to lead the brand's turnaround. use the vision platform to to develop your strategy and grow blue’s market share over the next 4 years.

Bcorporation, a merchandising company, reported the following results for october: sales $ 490,000 cost of goods sold (all variable) $ 169,700 total variable selling expense $ 24,200 total fixed selling expense $ 21,700 total variable administrative expense $ 13,200 total fixed administrative expense $ 33,600 the contribution margin for october is: