Pplier has offered to make the part and sell it to the company for $28.70 each. if this offer is accepted, the supervisor's salary and all of the variable costs, including the direct labor, can be avoided. the special equipment used to make the part was purchased many years ago and has no salvage value or other use. the allocated general overhead represents fixed costs of the entire company, none of which would be avoided if the part were purchased instead of produced internally. in addition, the space used to make part e14 could be used to make more of one of the company's other products, generating an additional segment margin of $30,000 per year for that product. the annual financial advantage (disadvantage) for the company as a result of buying part e14 from the outside supplier should be:

Which of the following describes one of the ways that the demographics of an area affect the price of housing in that area? a. when more people have children, their incomes tend to be higher and the housing prices are also higher. b. older people are more likely to stay in their houses, creating a seller's market that keeps prices low. c. an area with a lower population density won't have enough construction workers to build new houses quickly. d. an area with younger people will have a higher demand for rentals and a lower demand for buying.

In march 2018, the phillips tool company signed two purchase commitments. the first commitment requires phillips to purchase inventory for $110,000 by june 15, 2018. the second commitment requires the company to purchase inventory for $160,000 by august 20, 2018. the company's fiscal year-end is june 30. phillips uses a periodic inventory system. the first commitment is exercised on june 15, 2018, when the market price of the inventory purchased was $90,000. the second commitment was exercised on august 20, 2018, when the market price of the inventory purchased was $125,000. required: prepare the journal entries required on june 15, june 30, and august 20, 2018, to account for the two purchase commitments. assume that the market price of the inventory related to the outstanding purchase commitment was $144,000 at june 30. (if no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "no journal entry required" in the first account field.)

To determine customer opinion of their safety features, daimler minus chrysler randomly selects 120 service centers during a certain week and surveys all customers visiting the service centers.