"M&N, a leading cosmetic company, recently launched a test marketing initiative for its line of cosmetics for preteens between the ages of 9 and 14 years. To promote the product, its marketing team undertook a campaign where it invited groups of preteens to try out the cosmetics in malls and conducted a session to obtain feedback from them. The feedback from the preteens helped the team understand the ideas that these preteens had about their products. Which of the following methods of collecting data did the marketing team of M&N utilize in this scenario?"a) Observational Researchb) Focus Groupc) Mathematical Modellingd) Experiemental Research

Bandar industries berhad of malaysia manufactures sporting equipment. one of the company’s products, a football helmet for the north american market, requires a special plastic. during the quarter ending june 30, the company manufactured 35,000 helmets, using 22,500 kilograms of plastic. the plastic cost the company $171,000. according to the standard cost card, each helmet should require 0.6 kilograms of plastic, at a cost of $8 per kilogram. 1. what is the standard quantity of kilograms of plastic (sq) that is allowed to make 35,000 helmets? 2. what is the standard materials cost allowed (sq x sp) to make 35,000 helmets? 3. what is the materials spending variance? 4. what is the materials price variance and the materials quantity variance?