Problem 4-14 Compute and Use Activity Rates to Determine the Costs of Serving Customers [LO4-2, LO4-3, LO4-4]
Gino’s Restaurant is a popular restaurant in Boston, Massachusetts. The owner of the restaurant has been trying to better understand costs at the restaurant and has hired a student intern to conduct an activity-based costing study. The intern, in consultation with the owner, identified the following major activities:
| Activity Cost Pool | Activity Measure |
| Serving a party of diners | Number of parties served |
| Serving a diner | Number of diners served |
| Serving drinks | Number of drinks ordered |
A group of diners who ask to sit at the same table is counted as a party. Some costs, such as the costs of cleaning linen, are the same whether one person is at a table or the table is full. Other costs, such as washing dishes, depend on the number of diners served.
Data concerning these activities are shown below:
| Serving a Party | Serving a Diner | Serving Drinks | Total | ||||
| Total cost | $32,800 | $211,200 | $69,600 | $313,600 | |||
| Total activity | 8,000 | parties | 32,000 | diners | 58,000 | drinks | |
Prior to the activity-based costing study, the owner knew very little about the costs of the restaurant. She knew that the total cost for the month was $313,600 and that 32,000 diners had been served. Therefore, the average cost per diner was $9.80 ($313,600 ÷ 32,000 diners = $9.80 per diner).
Required:
1. Compute the activity rates for each of the three activities.
2. According to the activity-based costing system, what is the total cost of serving each of the following parties of diners?
a. A party of four diners who order three drinks in total.
b. A party of two diners who do not order any drinks.
c. A lone diner who orders two drinks.
3. Convert the total costs you computed in part (2) above to costs per diner. In other words, what is the average cost per diner for serving each of the following parties?
a. A party of four diners who order three drinks in total.
b. A party of two diners who do not order any drinks.
c. A lone diner who orders two drinks.
In: Accounting
Create a PivotTable to combile the following information:
1. The total revenue for each salesperson
2. For each salesperson, the total revenue by product
3. Total revenue generated by each salesperson broken down by location
Please provide excel formulas and solutions
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In: Operations Management
Case Study: Greenly Insurance Company
Greenly has worked hard over the past year and has increased their marketing efforts to reach certain “untapped” demographics. Greenly has determined that it has been able to retain its Generation Y customers, who have established their own households. Greenly’s new survey of former customers has revealed that it is losing its Baby Boomer customers who like to shop for coverage based on price. One of the reasons most often cited for leaving is the inability to obtain quotes through Greenly’s Web site.
Create your own assumptions using the information presented to evaluate Greenly’s and recommend an action plan / strategies for growth.
In: Operations Management
Please comment on Alibaba current Revenue, Profit Margin, Earning ,EBITDA and Price/Earning ratio affect the profitability of the company
In: Finance
In: Economics
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On December 31, 2016, Ditka Inc. had Retained Earnings of $279,800 before its closing entries were prepared and posted. During 2016, the company had service revenue of $180,100 and interest revenue of $87,300. The company used supplies in the amount of $93,900, advertising expenses were $17,600, salaries and wages totaled $20,100, and income tax expense was calculated as $16,100. During the year, the company declared and paid dividends of $7,200. |
| Required: |
| a. | Prepare the closing entries dated December 31, 2016. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No Journal Entry Required" in the first account field.) |
| b. |
Prepare T-account for the Retained Earnings account. |
In: Accounting
The city of New Orleans has 200 advertising companies, 199 of which employ designers of normal ability at a salary of $200,000 a year. The firms that employ designers of normal ability each collect $500,000 in revenue a year, which is just enough to ensure that each earns exactly a normal profit. However, the 200th company employs Janus Jacobs, an unusually talented designer. Because of Jacob's talent, this company collects $900,000 in revenue a year.
a. How much will Jacobs earn? What proportion of his annual salary will be economic rent?
b. Will the advertising company for which Jacobs works be able to earn an economic profit?
PLSSSS explain each step, so lost!
In: Economics
Compute the correlations for the “Hot Growth Companies” in Date 1 for each pair of variables rank, P/E ratio, and return, using the first 50 and second 50 values separately. Compare these results with those given in Example 2.4. Explain the differences.
Date 1
| Rank | Return on Capital | P-E Ratio |
| 1 | 51.5 | 37 |
| 2 | 68.5 | 53 |
| 3 | 35.3 | 71 |
| 4 | 28.7 | 21 |
| 5 | 28.2 | 26 |
| 6 | 29.8 | 14 |
| 7 | 24.4 | 36 |
| 8 | 27.4 | 38 |
| 9 | 32.3 | 24 |
| 10 | 35.1 | 37 |
| 11 | 32.5 | 26 |
| 12 | 15.9 | 36 |
| 13 | 18.5 | 47 |
| 14 | 15 | 22 |
| 15 | 22.3 | 13 |
| 16 | 17.2 | 26 |
| 17 | 21.2 | 24 |
| 18 | 13.5 | 19 |
| 19 | 30.3 | 48 |
| 20 | 21.2 | 27 |
| 21 | 14.1 | 50 |
| 22 | 26.7 | 55 |
| 23 | 16.1 | 23 |
| 24 | 20.3 | 33 |
| 25 | 21.2 | 15 |
| 26 | 18.3 | 14 |
| 27 | 30.6 | 22 |
| 28 | 16.6 | 34 |
| 29 | 15.7 | 7 |
| 30 | 13.4 | 42 |
| 31 | 28.2 | 18 |
| 32 | 11.2 | 45 |
| 33 | 17.3 | 26 |
| 34 | 19.9 | 27 |
| 35 | 19.6 | 17 |
| 36 | 16.7 | 11 |
| 37 | 13.1 | 41 |
| 38 | 17.8 | 43 |
| 39 | 17.7 | 28 |
| 40 | 14.5 | 52 |
| 41 | 15.2 | 22 |
| 42 | 8.9 | |
| 43 | 14.7 | 31 |
| 44 | 12 | 19 |
| 45 | 10.9 | 19 |
| 46 | 14.8 | 22 |
| 47 | 15.9 | 11 |
| 48 | 12.9 | 38 |
| 49 | 21.8 | 21 |
| 50 | 12.1 | 30 |
| 51 | 8.5 | 25 |
| 52 | 18.6 | 25 |
| 53 | 12.1 | 22 |
| 54 | 15.1 | 21 |
| 55 | 17.9 | 15 |
| 56 | 9 | 25 |
| 57 | 11 | 29 |
| 58 | 18.1 | 24 |
| 59 | 6.3 | 30 |
| 60 | 15.1 | 23 |
| 61 | 15.9 | 22 |
| 62 | 15.8 | 19 |
| 63 | 18.9 | 23 |
| 64 | 12.7 | 18 |
| 65 | 15.1 | 28 |
| 66 | 8.7 | 29 |
| 67 | 15.1 | 25 |
| 68 | 15.5 | 14 |
| 69 | 12.6 | 17 |
| 70 | 7.6 | 24 |
| 71 | 7.5 | 43 |
| 72 | 13.4 | 28 |
| 73 | 7.4 | 14 |
| 74 | 15.6 | 26 |
| 75 | 11.5 | 25 |
| 76 | 10 | 31 |
| 77 | 8.6 | 15 |
| 78 | 14 | 31 |
| 79 | 12.9 | 20 |
| 80 | 10.4 | 16 |
| 81 | 12.2 | 19 |
| 82 | 9.3 | 32 |
| 83 | 12.6 | 21 |
| 84 | 12.5 | 26 |
| 85 | 13 | 39 |
| 86 | 15.8 | 32 |
| 87 | 14.4 | 28 |
| 88 | 10.6 | 16 |
| 89 | 12.2 | 31 |
| 90 | 11.4 | 13 |
| 91 | 11.7 | 6 |
| 92 | 12.3 | 37 |
| 93 | 12.3 | 29 |
| 94 | 14.5 | 20 |
| 95 | 13 | 28 |
| 96 | 14 | 23 |
| 97 | 10.6 | 30 |
| 98 | 11 | 21 |
| 99 | 10.4 | 31 |
| 100 | 11.1 | 29 |
Example 2.4
| Rank | Return on Capital | P-E Ratio | |||||
| 1 | 51.5 | 37 | Rank | Return on Capital | P-E Ratio | ||
| 2 | 68.5 | 53 | Rank | 1 | |||
| 3 | 35.3 | 71 | Return on Capital | -0.647 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 28.7 | 21 | P-E Ratio | -0.267 | 0.306 | 1 | |
| 5 | 28.2 | 26 | |||||
| 6 | 29.8 | 14 | |||||
| 7 | 24.4 | 36 | This file shows the Excel verison of the example 2.4 in the book. | ||||
| 8 | 27.4 | 38 | |||||
| 9 | 32.3 | 24 | |||||
| 10 | 35.1 | 37 | |||||
| 11 | 32.5 | 26 | |||||
| 12 | 15.9 | 36 | |||||
| 13 | 18.5 | 47 | |||||
| 14 | 15 | 22 | |||||
| 15 | 22.3 | 13 | |||||
| 16 | 17.2 | 26 | |||||
| 17 | 21.2 | 24 | |||||
| 18 | 13.5 | 19 | |||||
| 19 | 30.3 | 48 | |||||
| 20 | 21.2 | 27 | |||||
| 21 | 14.1 | 50 | |||||
| 22 | 26.7 | 55 | |||||
| 23 | 16.1 | 23 | |||||
| 24 | 20.3 | 33 | |||||
| 25 | 21.2 | 15 | |||||
| 26 | 18.3 | 14 | |||||
| 27 | 30.6 | 22 | |||||
| 28 | 16.6 | 34 | |||||
| 29 | 15.7 | 7 | |||||
| 30 | 13.4 | 42 | |||||
| 31 | 28.2 | 18 | |||||
| 32 | 11.2 | 45 | |||||
| 33 | 17.3 | 26 | |||||
| 34 | 19.9 | 27 | |||||
| 35 | 19.6 | 17 | |||||
| 36 | 16.7 | 11 | |||||
| 37 | 13.1 | 41 | |||||
| 38 | 17.8 | 43 | |||||
| 39 | 17.7 | 28 | |||||
| 40 | 14.5 | 52 | |||||
| 41 | 15.2 | 22 | |||||
| 42 | 8.9 | ||||||
| 43 | 14.7 | 31 | |||||
| 44 | 12 | 19 | |||||
| 45 | 10.9 | 19 | |||||
| 46 | 14.8 | 22 | |||||
| 47 | 15.9 | 11 | |||||
| 48 | 12.9 | 38 | |||||
| 49 | 21.8 | 21 | |||||
| 50 | 12.1 | 30 | |||||
| 51 | 8.5 | 25 | |||||
| 52 | 18.6 | 25 | |||||
| 53 | 12.1 | 22 | |||||
| 54 | 15.1 | 21 | |||||
| 55 | 17.9 | 15 | |||||
| 56 | 9 | 25 | |||||
| 57 | 11 | 29 | |||||
| 58 | 18.1 | 24 | |||||
| 59 | 6.3 | 30 | |||||
| 60 | 15.1 | 23 | |||||
| 61 | 15.9 | 22 | |||||
| 62 | 15.8 | 19 | |||||
| 63 | 18.9 | 23 | |||||
| 64 | 12.7 | 18 | |||||
| 65 | 15.1 | 28 | |||||
| 66 | 8.7 | 29 | |||||
| 67 | 15.1 | 25 | |||||
| 68 | 15.5 | 14 | |||||
| 69 | 12.6 | 17 | |||||
| 70 | 7.6 | 24 | |||||
| 71 | 7.5 | 43 | |||||
| 72 | 13.4 | 28 | |||||
| 73 | 7.4 | 14 | |||||
| 74 | 15.6 | 26 | |||||
| 75 | 11.5 | 25 | |||||
| 76 | 10 | 31 | |||||
| 77 | 8.6 | 15 | |||||
| 78 | 14 | 31 | |||||
| 79 | 12.9 | 20 | |||||
| 80 | 10.4 | 16 | |||||
| 81 | 12.2 | 19 | |||||
| 82 | 9.3 | 32 | |||||
| 83 | 12.6 | 21 | |||||
| 84 | 12.5 | 26 | |||||
| 85 | 13 | 39 | |||||
| 86 | 15.8 | 32 | |||||
| 87 | 14.4 | 28 | |||||
| 88 | 10.6 | 16 | |||||
| 89 | 12.2 | 31 | |||||
| 90 | 11.4 | 13 | |||||
| 91 | 11.7 | 6 | |||||
| 92 | 12.3 | 37 | |||||
| 93 | 12.3 | 29 | |||||
| 94 | 14.5 | 20 | |||||
| 95 | 13 | 28 | |||||
| 96 | 14 | 23 | |||||
| 97 | 10.6 | 30 | |||||
| 98 | 11 | 21 | |||||
| 99 | 10.4 | 31 | |||||
| 100 | 11.1 | 29 | |||||
In: Statistics and Probability
In: Accounting
1/ On February 15, Jewel Company buys 7,100 shares of Marcelo Corp. common stock at $28.54 per share plus a brokerage fee of $400. The stock is classified as available-for-sale securities. This is the company’s first and only investment in available-for-sale securities. On March 15, Marcelo Corp. declares a dividend of $1.16 per share payable to stockholders of record on April 15. Jewel Company received the dividend on April 15 and ultimately sells half of the Marcelo Corp. stock on November 17 of the current year for $29.31 per share less a brokerage fee of $250. The journal entry to record the dividend on April 15 is:
Multiple Choice
Debit Cash $7,511; credit Dividend Revenue $7,511.
Debit Cash $8,236; credit Dividend Revenue $8,236.
Debit Cash $8,236; credit Interest Revenue $8,236.
Debit Cash $7,511; credit Interest Revenue $7,511.
Debit Cash $8,236; credit Gain on Sale of Investments $8,236.
2/ On January 4, Year 1, Barber Company purchased 5,500 shares of Convell Company for $64,500 plus a broker's fee of $1,100. Convell Company has a total of 27,500 shares of common stock outstanding and it is presumed the Barber Company will have a significant influence over Convell. During each of the next two years, Convell declared and paid cash dividends of $0.85 per share, and its net income was $77,000 and $72,000 for Year 1 and Year 2, respectively. What is the book value of Barber's investment in Convell at the end of Year 2?
Multiple Choice
$65,600.
$86,050.
$56,250.
$95,400.
$94,400.
In: Accounting