(a) The following was extracted from the standard cost card of Kafue Cement Plc. Selling price 100kg pocket of cement K360
Direct material cost per 100kg pocket of cement K50
Direct labour cost per 100kg pocket of cement K50
Variable production overhead per 100kg pocket of cement K29
Other relevant cost information extracted from the budgets:
Fixed production costs K9,750,000
Fixed selling and distribution costs K3,456,000
Sales commission 5% of selling price
Sales 90,000 100kg pockets of cement
Required:
i. Calculate the breakeven point both in sales volumes (number of pockets) and sales value. (2 marks)
ii. Calculate the margin of safety both in percentage and in volume. (2marks)

Suppose general motors demands labor according to the labor demand function 푤푤= 40−0. 5퐸퐸, where 푤푤 is the hourly wage and 퐸퐸 is the number of employees. the united auto workers union has a utility function given by 푈푈=푊푊∗퐸퐸. a. in 1984, the united auto workers union started negotiations with general motors by assuming that they were a monopoly union. find the wage and employment demands that the united auto workers union would have demanded before any bargaining began. b. if general motors and the united auto workers union both had excellent bargaining representatives, would this be the final labor contract? if not, then explain in words and graphically where they would end up after the bargaining process.

Your uncle borrows $53,000 from the bank at 11 percent interest over the nine-year life of the loan. use appendix d for an approximate answer but calculate your final answer using the formula and financial calculator methods. what equal annual payments must be made to discharge the loan, plus pay the bank its required rate of interest

Which curve shows increasing opportunity cost as you give up more of one option? demand curve bow-shaped curve yield curve indifference curve