Black Diamond Company produces snow skis . Each ski requires 2 pounds of carbon fiber . The company's management predicts that 6,000 skis and 7,000 pounds of carbon fiber will be in inventory on June 30 of the current year and that 160.000 will be sold during the next ( third ) quarter . A set of two skis sells for $ 400 . Management wants to end the third quarter with 4,500 skis and 5,000 pounds of carbon fiber in inventory . Carbon fiber can be purchased for $ 25 per pound Each ski requires 0.5 hours of direct labor at $ 30 per hour . Variable overhead is applied at the rate of $ 18 per direct labor hour . The company budgets fixed overhead of $ 1,792,000 for the quarter . Required : 1. Prepare the third - quarter production budget for skis .

Reliability and validity reliability and validity are two important considerations that must be made with any type of data collection. reliability refers to the ability to consistently produce a given result. in the context of psychological research, this would mean that any instruments or tools used to collect data do so in consistent, reproducible ways. unfortunately, being consistent in measurement does not necessarily mean that you have measured something correctly. to illustrate this concept, consider a kitchen scale that would be used to measure the weight of cereal that you eat in the morning. if the scale is not properly calibrated, it may consistently under- or overestimate the amount of cereal that’s being measured. while the scale is highly reliable in producing consistent results (e. g., the same amount of cereal poured onto the scale produces the same reading each time), those results are incorrect. this is where validity comes into play. validity refers to the extent to which a given instrument or tool accurately measures what it’s supposed to measure. while any valid measure is by necessity reliable, the reverse is not necessarily true. researchers strive to use instruments that are both highly reliable and valid.

Afinancing project has an initial cash inflow of $42,000 and cash flows of −$15,600, −$22,200, and −$18,000 for years 1 to 3, respectively. the required rate of return is 13 percent. what is the internal rate of return? should the project be accepted?

Companies under market structures are independent