Latiker, Inc., manufactures and sells two products: Product Y9 and Product W0. Data concerning the expected production of each product and the expected total direct labor-hours (DLHs) required to produce that output appear below: Expected Production Direct Labor-Hours Per Unit Total Direct Labor-Hours
Product Y9 100 8 800
Product W0 100 10 1,000
Total direct labor-hours 1,800

The direct labor rate is $15.40 per DLH. The direct materials cost per unit for each product is given below:

Direct Materials Cost per Unit
Product Y9 $253.00
Product W0 $278.80

The company is considering adopting an activity-based costing system with the following activity cost pools, activity measures, and expected activity:

Activity Cost Pools Activity Measures Overhead Cost Product Y9 Product W0 Total
Labor-related DLHs $61,488 800 1,000 1,800
Machine setups setups 50,687 400 300 700
Order size MHs 155,754 5,000 5,200 10,200
$267,929

The activity rate for the Machine Setups activity cost pool under activity-based costing is closest to:

a. $31.15 per setup
b. $26.27 per setup
c. $29.95 per setup
d. $72.41 per setup

Kiona co. set up a petty cash fund for payments of small amounts. the following transactions involving the petty cash fund occurred in may (the last month of the company's fiscal year). may 1 prepared a company check for $350 to establish the petty cash fund. 15 prepared a company check to replenish the fund for the following expenditures made since may 1. a. paid $109.20 for janitorial services. b. paid $89.15 for miscellaneous expenses. c. paid postage expenses of $60.90. d. paid $80.01 to the county gazette (the local newspaper) for an advertisement. e. counted $26.84 remaining in the petty cashbox. 16 prepared a company check for $200 to increase the fund to $550. 31 the petty cashier reports that $380.27 cash remains in the fund. a company check is drawn to replenish the fund for the following expenditures made since may 15. f. paid postage expenses of $59.10. g. reimbursed the office manager for business mileage, $47.05. h. paid $48.58 to deliver merchandise to a customer, terms fob destination. 31 the company decides that the may 16 increase in the fund was too large. it reduces the fund by $50, leaving a total of $500.

Alpha industries is considering a project with an initial cost of $8 million. the project will produce cash inflows of $1.49 million per year for 8 years. the project has the same risk as the firm. the firm has a pretax cost of debt of 5.61 percent and a cost of equity of 11.27 percent. the debt–equity ratio is .60 and the tax rate is 35 percent. what is the net present value of the project?

6carla would like to buy a dress, a dresser for her bedroom, and a home theater system. she has one month's worth of living expenses in her emergency fund. carla decides to save for the home theater system. did carla make the right decision? why or why not? a. yes; her emergency fund is full and the other items will probably be less expensive. b. yes; she could save more for her emergency fund, but the home theater will be harder to save for. c. no; she should save more for her emergency fund because she has saved less than the recommended amount. d. no; she should have bought the dress and dresser first because she could afford them right away. reset next