Define and discuss neo-evolution and the idea of homo evolutis. Take a position regarding the future of human evolution: evolutionary equipoise, traditional biological evolution or neo-evolution and defend it rationally and with reference to evidence..
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What is the difference between ultraviolet and visible radiation?
In: Physics
a nonconducting thin spherical shell of radius 6.00 cm has a
uniform density of 9.00 nC/m^2.
a. what is the total charge on the shell
b. what is the electric field at a distance of 2.00 cm from the
center of the shell?
c. what is the electric field a distance 10.0 cm from the center of
the shell.
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A saver wants $100,000 after ten years and believes that it is possible to earn an annual rate of 8 percent on invested funds.
a) What amount must be invested each year to accumulate $100,000 if (1) the payments are made at the beginning of each year or (2) they are made at the end of each year?
b) How much must be invested annually if the expected yield is only 5 percent?
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In: Finance
Due to erratic sales of its sole product—a high-capacity battery for laptop computers—PEM, Inc., has been experiencing financial difficulty for some time. The company’s contribution format income statement for the most recent month is given below:
| Sales (12,700 units × $20 per unit) | $ | 254,000 | |
| Variable expenses | 152,400 | ||
| Contribution margin | 101,600 | ||
| Fixed expenses | 113,600 | ||
| Net operating loss | $ | (12,000 | ) |
Required:
1. Compute the company’s CM ratio and its break-even point in unit sales and dollar sales.
2. The president believes that a $6,200 increase in the monthly advertising budget, combined with an intensified effort by the sales staff, will result in an $81,000 increase in monthly sales. If the president is right, what will be the increase (decrease) in the company’s monthly net operating income?
3. Refer to the original data. The sales manager is convinced that a 10% reduction in the selling price, combined with an increase of $33,000 in the monthly advertising budget, will double unit sales. If the sales manager is right, what will be the revised net operating income (loss)?
4. Refer to the original data. The Marketing Department thinks that a fancy new package for the laptop computer battery would grow sales. The new package would increase packaging costs by 0.50 cents per unit. Assuming no other changes, how many units would have to be sold each month to attain a target profit of $4,300?
5. Refer to the original data. By automating, the company could reduce variable expenses by $3 per unit. However, fixed expenses would increase by $58,000 each month.
a. Compute the new CM ratio and the new break-even point in unit sales and dollar sales.
b. Assume that the company expects to sell 20,200 units next month. Prepare two contribution format income statements, one assuming that operations are not automated and one assuming that they are. (Show data on a per unit and percentage basis, as well as in total, for each alternative.)
c. Would you recommend that the company automate its operations (Assuming that the company expects to sell 20,200)?
In: Accounting
Dwyer,Inc. is a privately held furniture manufacturer. For August 2014, Dwyer had the following standards for one of its products, a wicker chair:
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Standards per Chair |
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Direct materials |
3 square yards of input at |
$5.80 |
per square yard |
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Direct manufacturing labor |
0.5 hour of input at |
$10.50 |
per hour |
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The following data were compiled regarding actual
performance:
actual output units (chairs) produced, 2,200; square yards of input purchased and used, 6,300; price per square yard, $6.00; direct manufacturing labor costs, $10,165; actual hours of input, 950; labor price per hour, $10.70.
Read the requirements
Requirement 1. Show computations of price and efficiency variances for direct materials and direct manufacturing labor. Give a plausible explanation of why each variance occurred.
Let's begin by determining the formula used to calculate the actual costs of direct materials, then enter the amounts in the formula and calculate the cost.
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= |
Actual cost |
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Direct materials |
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Next we will calculate the actual input at the budgeted price.
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Actual input |
x |
Budgeted price |
= |
Cost |
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Direct materials |
x |
= |
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Direct manufacturing labor |
x |
= |
Determine the formula and calculate the costs for the flexible budget.
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Flexible budget cost |
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Direct materials |
x |
= |
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Direct manufacturing labor |
x |
= |
Now compute the price and efficiency variances for direct materials and direct manufacturing labor. Label each variance as favorable (F) or unfavorable (U).
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Price |
Efficiency |
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variances |
variances |
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Direct manufacturing labor |
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Now give a plausible explanation of why each variance occurred. Begin with the direct material variances.
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The materials price variance: |
There was an unexpected
▼ decrease increase in materials price per square yard due to▼ decreased increased competition. |
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The materials efficiency variance: |
The production manager may have employed
▼ higher-skilled lower-skilled workers or the budgeted materials standards were set too▼ loosely strictly . |
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The labor price variance: |
▼ A reduction An increase in labor rates due to a▼ recession booming economy . |
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The labor efficiency variance: |
▼ Less More efficient workers being employed or the use of▼ higher lower quality materials. |
In: Accounting
For each statement, select the phrase that makes the statement true (e.g., if the answer to the first is A and to the others B, enter ABBBB):
| A) | increases | B) | decreases | C) | less than |
D) |
greater than | E) | stays the same | F) | the same as |
In: Physics
In: Biology
Many high-end earners such as athletes, entertainers and surgeons have a maximum federal tax rate of up to 40.5% with the Medicare surtax, while entrepreneurs and business executives can often structure their compensation to get capital gains treatment and pay a maximum tax rate virtually half of that at 23.8%. Discuss the equity, risks and opportunities involved in tax planning executive compensation using some the the laws and tools you learned in chapters 5 & 6. Once again label and citations you use and clearly state opinions as such. Alternatively you may discuss tax planning for small business owners and how to best maximize tax savings utilizing the new QBI deduction and managing itemized deductions.
In: Accounting
Buzzy Company sold $400,000 worth of 10%, ten year bonds on July1st, 2019, at a time when the market rate of interest on similar investments was 12%. The semiannual bonds pay interest on December 31st and June 30th .Using the interest method of bond amortization, journalize the payments of interest on December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020
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Corporate Finance I
What are some implicit assumptions that are made when valuing a firm using multiples based on comparable firms?
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In: Physics
Explain, with detailed examples, how Locard’s Exchange Principle will influence the forensic examination of a Solaris Server.
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You have applied for a job with a local bank. As part of its evaluation process, you must take an examination of the time value of money analysis covering the following questions. Please show your work. (Identify N, I/Y, PV, PMT, and FV)
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Regents of a large state university proposed a plan to increase student fees in order to build new parking facilities. A news channel claims that over 70% of the students are opposed to the plan. We wish to test this claim. A random sample of 18 students is taken and 17 of them are opposed to the plan.
A- state the null and alternative hypothesis?
B- estimate the population proportions of students that are opposed to the plan?
C- finding the corresponding standard error for the estimate in part to B and use this standard error to provide an interval estimate for the population proportion with 95% confidence?
D-Calculate the test stastic and provide the p-value for testing the hypothesis. show all work?
E- give a one sentence conclusion in the contexet of this problem?
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