Lavage Rapide is a Canadian company that owns and operates a large automatic car wash facility near Montreal. The following table provides data concerning the company’s costs:
| Fixed Cost per Month |
Cost per Car Washed |
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| Cleaning supplies | $ | 0.80 | |||||
| Electricity | $ | 1,400 | $ | 0.08 | |||
| Maintenance | $ | 0.15 | |||||
| Wages and salaries | $ | 4,200 | $ | 0.20 | |||
| Depreciation | $ | 8,400 | |||||
| Rent | $ | 2,000 | |||||
| Administrative expenses | $ | 1,700 | $ | 0.04 | |||
For example, electricity costs are $1,400 per month plus $0.08 per car washed. The company expects to wash 8,000 cars in August and to collect an average of $6.90 per car washed.
The actual operating results for August are as follows:
| Lavage Rapide | ||
| Income Statement | ||
| For the Month Ended August 31 | ||
| Actual cars washed | 8,100 | |
| Revenue | $ | 57,300 |
| Expenses: | ||
| Cleaning supplies | 6,900 | |
| Electricity | 2,010 | |
| Maintenance | 1,440 | |
| Wages and salaries | 6,160 | |
| Depreciation | 8,400 | |
| Rent | 2,200 | |
| Administrative expenses | 1,920 | |
| Total expense | 29,030 | |
| Net operating income | $ | 28,270 |
Required:
Calculate the company's revenue and spending variances for August. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values.)
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Lavage Rapide is a Canadian company that owns and operates a large automatic car wash facility near Montreal. The following table provides data concerning the company’s costs:
|
Fixed Cost per Month |
Cost per Car Washed |
||||||
| Cleaning supplies | $ | 0.80 | |||||
| Electricity | $ | 1,100 | $ | 0.08 | |||
| Maintenance | $ | 0.30 | |||||
| Wages and salaries | $ | 4,600 | $ | 0.20 | |||
| Depreciation | $ | 8,000 | |||||
| Rent | $ | 2,100 | |||||
| Administrative expenses | $ | 1,700 | $ | 0.05 | |||
For example, electricity costs are $1,100 per month plus $0.08 per car washed. The company expects to wash 8,500 cars in August and to collect an average of $6.80 per car washed.
The actual operating results for August are as follows:
| Lavage Rapide | ||
| Income Statement | ||
| For the Month Ended August 31 | ||
| Actual cars washed | 8,600 | |
| Revenue | $ | 59,900 |
| Expenses: | ||
| Cleaning supplies | 7,300 | |
| Electricity | 1,750 | |
| Maintenance | 2,790 | |
| Wages and salaries | 6,660 | |
| Depreciation | 8,000 | |
| Rent | 2,300 | |
| Administrative expenses | 2,025 | |
| Total expense | 30,825 | |
| Net operating income | $ | 29,075 |
Required:
Calculate the company's revenue and spending variances for August. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values.)
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Lavage Rapide is a Canadian company that owns and operates a large automatic car wash facility near Montreal. The following table provides data concerning the company’s costs:
| Fixed Cost per Month |
Cost per Car Washed |
||||||
| Cleaning supplies | $ | 0.70 | |||||
| Electricity | $ | 1,400 | $ | 0.06 | |||
| Maintenance | $ | 0.25 | |||||
| Wages and salaries | $ | 4,500 | $ | 0.40 | |||
| Depreciation | $ | 8,400 | |||||
| Rent | $ | 2,000 | |||||
| Administrative expenses | $ | 1,800 | $ | 0.04 | |||
For example, electricity costs are $1,400 per month plus $0.06 per car washed. The company expects to wash 8,200 cars in August and to collect an average of $6.10 per car washed.
The actual operating results for August are as follows:
| Lavage Rapide | ||
| Income Statement | ||
| For the Month Ended August 31 | ||
| Actual cars washed | 8,300 | |
| Revenue | $ | 52,120 |
| Expenses: | ||
| Cleaning supplies | 6,240 | |
| Electricity | 1,862 | |
| Maintenance | 2,290 | |
| Wages and salaries | 8,140 | |
| Depreciation | 8,400 | |
| Rent | 2,200 | |
| Administrative expenses | 2,028 | |
| Total expense | 31,160 | |
| Net operating income | $ | 20,960 |
Required:
Calculate the company's revenue and spending variances for August. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values.)
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Lavage Rapide is a Canadian company that owns and operates a large automatic car wash facility near Montreal. The following table provides data concerning the company’s costs:
| Fixed Cost per Month |
Cost per Car Washed |
||||||
| Cleaning supplies | $ | 0.70 | |||||
| Electricity | $ | 1,300 | $ | 0.09 | |||
| Maintenance | $ | 0.30 | |||||
| Wages and salaries | $ | 4,900 | $ | 0.20 | |||
| Depreciation | $ | 8,300 | |||||
| Rent | $ | 2,000 | |||||
| Administrative expenses | $ | 1,800 | $ | 0.02 | |||
For example, electricity costs are $1,300 per month plus $0.09 per car washed. The company expects to wash 8,200 cars in August and to collect an average of $6.40 per car washed.
| Lavage Rapide | ||
| Income Statement | ||
| For the Month Ended August 31 | ||
| Actual cars washed | 8,300 | |
| Revenue | $ | 54,580 |
| Expenses: | ||
| Cleaning supplies | 6,240 | |
| Electricity | 2,008 | |
| Maintenance | 2,700 | |
| Wages and salaries | 6,900 | |
| Depreciation | 8,300 | |
| Rent | 2,200 | |
| Administrative expenses | 1,864 | |
| Total expense | 30,212 | |
| Net operating income | $ | 24,368 |
Required:
Calculate the company's revenue and spending variances for August. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values.)
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Lavage Rapide is a Canadian company that owns and operates a large automatic car wash facility near Montreal. The following table provides data concerning the company’s costs:
|
Fixed Cost per Month |
Cost per Car Washed |
||||||
| Cleaning supplies | $ | 0.50 | |||||
| Electricity | $ | 1,400 | $ | 0.09 | |||
| Maintenance | $ | 0.25 | |||||
| Wages and salaries | $ | 4,100 | $ | 0.30 | |||
| Depreciation | $ | 8,300 | |||||
| Rent | $ | 1,800 | |||||
| Administrative expenses | $ | 1,700 | $ | 0.03 | |||
For example, electricity costs are $1,400 per month plus $0.09 per car washed. The company expects to wash 8,500 cars in August and to collect an average of $6.00 per car washed.
The actual operating results for August appear below.
| Lavage Rapide | ||
| Income Statement | ||
| For the Month Ended August 31 | ||
| Actual cars washed | 8,600 | |
| Revenue | $ | 53,100 |
| Expenses: | ||
| Cleaning supplies | 4,750 | |
| Electricity | 2,135 | |
| Maintenance | 2,365 | |
| Wages and salaries | 7,010 | |
| Depreciation | 8,300 | |
| Rent | 2,000 | |
| Administrative expenses | 1,855 | |
| Total expense | 28,415 | |
| Net operating income | $ | 24,685 |
Required:
Calculate the company's revenue and spending variances for August. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values.)
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15.
Maria Lorenzi owns an ice cream stand that she operates during the summer months in West Yellowstone, Montana. She is unsure how to price her ice cream cones and has experimented with two prices in successive weeks during the busy August season. The number of people who entered the store was roughly the same each week. During the first week, she priced the cones at $3.60 and 1,855 cones were sold. During the second week, she priced the cones at $4.10 and 1,450 cones were sold. The variable cost of a cone is $.40 and consists solely of the costs of the ice cream and the cone itself. The fixed expenses of the ice cream stand are $2,000 per week.
Required:
a. What profit did Maria earn during the first week when her price was $3.60?
b. At the start of the second week, Maria increased her selling price by what percentage? What percentage did unit sales decrease? (Round your percentage answers to 2 decimal place.)
c. What profit did Maria earn during the second week when her price was $4.10?
d. What was Maria's increase (decrease) in profits from the first week to the second week?
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Maria Lorenzi owns an ice cream stand that she operates during the summer months in West Yellowstone, Montana. She is unsure how to price her ice cream cones and has experimented with two prices in successive weeks during the busy August season. The number of people who entered the store was roughly the same each week. During the first week, she priced the cones at $5.80 and 2,460 cones were sold. During the second week, she priced the cones at $6.30 and 2,000 cones were sold. The variable cost of a cone is $1.50 and consists solely of the costs of the ice cream and the cone itself. The fixed expenses of the ice cream stand are $2,055 per week.
Required:
1. What profit did Maria earn during the first week when her price was $5.80?
2. At the start of the second week, Maria increased her selling price by what percentage? What percentage did unit sales decrease? (Round your percentage answers to 2 decimal place.)
3. What profit did Maria earn during the second week when her price was $6.30?
4. What was Maria's increase (decrease) in profits from the first week to the second week?
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Which of the following indicates the percentage of income that you are actively saving? Group of answer choices
Savings ratio.
Surplus.
Deficit.
Net worth.
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What is the percentage change in price for a zero coupon bond if the yield changes from 5% to 8%? The bond has a face value of $1,000 and it matures in 12 years. Use the price determined from the first yield, 5%, as the base in the percentage calculation.
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A market research firm has conducted a study to determine consumer preference for a new package design for a particular product. The consumers, ages were also noted
| Package Design | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | A | B | C | Total |
| Under 25 | 18 | 18 | 29 | 65 |
| 25-40 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 35 |
| Total | 36 | 30 | 34 | 100 |
What is the column percentage for "Package design C" and "Age 25-40"?
a. 34.29%
b. 50%
c. 14.71%
d. 51.43%
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