Assume that Schmidt Machinery Company had the standard costs reflected in Exhibit 14.5. In a given month, the company used 3,530 pounds of aluminum to manufacture 936 units. The company paid $29.00 per pound during the month to purchase aluminum. At the beginning of the month, the company had 66 pounds of aluminum on hand. At the end of the month, the company had only 46 pounds of aluminum in its warehouse. Schmidt used 5,350 direct labor hours during the month, at an average cost of $42.00 per hour. Required: Compute for the month the following variances: 1. The purchase-price variance for aluminum. Indicate whether this variance is favorable (F) or unfavorable (U). 2. The usage variance for aluminum. Indicate whether this variance is favorable (F) or unfavorable (U). 3. The direct labor rate variance. Indicate whether this variance is favorable (F) or unfavorable (U). 4. The direct labor efficiency variance. Indicate whether this variance is favorable (F) or unfavorable (U).

American gas products manufactures a device called a can-emitor that empties the contents of old aerosol cans in 2 to 3 seconds. this eliminates having to dispose of the cans as hazardous wastes. if a certain paint company can save $75,000 per year in waste disposal costs, how much could the company afford to spend now on the can-emitor if it wants to recover its investment in 3 years at an interest rate of 20% per year?

Recently, verizon wireless ran a pricing trial in order to estimate the elasticity of demand for its services. the manager selected three states that were representative of its entire service area and increased prices by 5 percent to customers in those areas. one week later, the number of customers enrolled in verizon's cellular plans declined 4 percent in those states, while enrollments in states where prices were not increased remained flat. the manager used this information to estimate the own-price elasticity of demand and, based on her findings, immediately increased prices in all market areas by 5 percent in an attempt to boost the company's 2016 annual revenues. one year later, the manager was perplexed because verizon's 2016 annual revenues were 10 percent lower than those in 2015"the price increase apparently led to a reduction in the company's revenues. did the manager make an error? yes - the one-week measures show demand is inelastic, so a price increase will decrease revenues. yes - the one-week measures show demand is elastic, so a price increase will reduce revenues. yes - cell phone elasticity is likely much larger in the long-run than the short-run. no - the cell phone market must have changed between 2011 and 2012 for this price increase to lower revenues.

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