Redfield company reports current earnings of $434,000 while declaring $26,000 in cash dividends. snedeker company earns $116,000 in net income and declares $6,500 in dividends. redfield has held a 70 percent interest in snedeker for several years, an investment with an acquisition-date excess fair over book value attributable solely to goodwill. redfield uses the initial value method to account for these shares. on january 1 of the current year, snedeker acquired in the open market $39,000 of redfield’s 8 percent bonds. the bonds had originally been issued several years ago at 92, reflecting a 10 percent effective interest rate. on the date of purchase, the book value of the bonds payable was $38,000. snedeker paid $37,000 based on a 12 percent effective interest rate over the remaining life of the bonds. what is the noncontrolling interest’s share of consolidated net income

Cadbury has a chocolate factory in dunedin, new zealand. for easter, it makes two kinds of “easter eggs”: milk chocolate and dark chocolate. it cycles between producing milk and dark chocolate eggs. the table below provides data on these two products. demand (lbs per hour) milk: 500 dark: 200 switchover time (minutes) milk: 60 dark: 30 production rate per hour milk: 800 dark: 800 for example, it takes 30 minutes to switch production from milk to dark chocolate. demand for milk chocolate is higher (500lbs per hour versus 200 lbs per hour), but the line produces them at the same rate (when operating): 800 lbs per hour. a : suppose cadbury produces 2,334lbs milk chocolate and 1,652 lbs of dark chocolate in each cycle. what would be the maximum inventory (lbs) of milk chocolate? b : how many lbs of milk and dark chocolate should be produced with each cycle so as to satisfy demand while minimizing inventory?

Statistical process control charts: a. indicate to the operator the true quality of material leaving the process. b. display upper and lower limits for process variables or attributes and signal when a process is no longer in control. c. indicate to the process operator the average outgoing quality of each lot. d. display the measurements on every item being produced. e. are a graphic way of classifying problems by their level of importance, often referred to as the 80-20 rule.

Aresearcher developing scanners to search for hidden weapons at airports has concluded that a new scanner isis significantly better than the current scanner. he made his decision based on a test using alpha equals 0.025 .α=0.025. would he have made the same decision at alpha equals 0.10 question mark α=0.10? how about alpha equals 0.01 question mark α=0.01? explain