1. Read the following passage and choose the appropriate option to complete the sentences.
Shareholders want managers to maximize the of their investments. The firm faces a trade-off. Either it can invest its cash in or it can give the cash back in the form of a(n) and they can invest it in . Shareholders want the company to invest in only if the is than they could earn for themselves in equivalent risk investments. The return that shareholders could earn for themselves is therefore the for the firm.
Options:
a. real assets
b. dividend
c. market value
d. financial assets
e. higher
f. shareholders
g. expected return
h. opportunity cost of capital

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Oceanside marine company manufactures special metallic materials and decorative fittings for luxury yachts that require highly skilled labor. oceanside uses standard costs to prepare its flexible budget. for the first quarter of the year, direct materials and direct labor standards for one of their popular products were as follows: direct materials: 2 pound per unit; $ 11 per pound direct labor: 2 hours per unit; $ 19 per hour oceanside produced 2 comma 000 units during the quarter. at the end of the quarter, an examination of the direct materials records showed that the company used 7 comma 500 pounds of direct materials and actual total materials costs were $ 98 comma 100. what is the direct materials cost variance? (round any intermediate calculations to the nearest cent, and your final answer to the nearest dollar.)