Magno cereal corporation uses a standard cost system to collect costs related to the production of its "crunchy pickle" cereal. the pickle (materials) standards for each batch of cereal produced are 1.4 pounds of pickles at a standard cost of $3.00 per pound. during the month of august, magno purchased 78,000 pounds of pounds at a total cost of $253,500. magno used all of these pickles to produce 60,000 batches of cereal. what is magno's materials quantity variance for the month of august? (points : 2) $1,500 unfavorable $18,000 favorable $19,500 unfavorable $54,000 unfavorable

Amanufacturer has paid an engineering firm $200,000 to design a new plant, and it will cost another $2 million to build the plant. in the meantime, however, the manufacturer has learned of a foreign company that offers to build an equivalent plant for $2,100,000. what should the manufacturer do?

Which of the following businesses is most likely to disrupt an existing industry? a. closer connex developed an earphone that receives emails and text messages and converts them to voice messages. the first models had poor reception, but they rapidly improved over time. b. mega technologies reconfigured the components used in its touchscreen tablets to create a new type of wearable device for use in restaurants and other service industries. c. particle inc. developed a teleportation technology that can transport physical materials instantaneously across great distances. d. altrea added advanced camera technology to its premium line of smartphones so that they would take the highest-quality photos of all phones on the market.

At present, the united states has an embargo against north korea because a. the two countries have extremely poor political relations. b. north korea will not adopt a capitalist government. c. north korean products are too difficult to use. d. north korea has an embargo on american products. e. products from north korea are in higher demand than american-made products.