As the cost accounting manager at Cambria Chemicals (CC), you are responsible for compiling and reporting various performance measures to the senior managers. The company instituted many efficiency improvement programs recently, and the CFO has asked you to measure and report partial productivity for both labor and materials. Data for the last two years follow. Year 2 Year 1 Gallons input (thousands) 9,000 8,000 Labor-hours (thousands) 10,000 7,600 Gallons of output (thousands) 10,800 8,800 From the accounting records, you also gather the following information for the two years. Year 2 Year 1 Cost of inputs (per gallon) $ 85 $ 90 Wage rate (per hour) $ 22 $ 19 Total manufacturing overhead $ 1,280,000 $ 1,160,000 Selling price of output (per gallon) $ 360 $ 370 Required: a. Compute the total factor productivity measures for year 1 and year 2 based on the three inputs (material, labor, and overhead).

Suppose that xtel currently is selling at $40 per share. you buy 500 shares using $15,000 of your own money, borrowing the remainder of the purchase price from your broker. the rate on the margin loan is 8%. a. what is the percentage increase in the net worth of your brokerage account if the price of xtel immediately changes to (a) $44; (b) $40; (c) $36? (leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required. negative values should be indicated by a minus sign. round your answers to 2 decimal places.) b. if the maintenance margin is 25%, how low can xtel’s price fall before you get a margin call? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.) c. how would your answer to requirement 2 would change if you had financed the initial purchase with only $10,000 of your own money? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.) d. what is the rate of return on your margined position (assuming again that you invest $15,000 of your own money) if xtel is selling after one year at (a) $44; (b) $40; (c) $36? (negative values should be indicated by a minus sign. round your answers to 2 decimal places.) e. continue to assume that a year has passed. how low can xtel’s price fall before you get a margin call? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

Factors like the unemployment rate, the stock market, global trade, economic policy, and the economic situation of other countries have no influence on the financial status of individuals. true or false

After the price floor is instituted, the chairman of productions office buys up any barrels of gosum berries that the producers are not able to sell. with the price floor, the producers sell 300 barrels per month to consumers, but the producers, at this high price floor, produce 700 barrels per month. how much producer surplus is created with the price floor? show your calculations.