Kirkland company combines its operating expenses for budget purposes in a selling and administrative expense budget. for the first 6 months of 2017, the following data are available.1. sales: 20,000 units quarter 1; 22,000 units quarter 2.2. variable costs per dollar of sales: sales commissions 5%, delivery expense 2%, and advertising 3%.3. fixed costs per quarter: sales salaries $10,700, office salaries $6,480, depreciation $4,520, insurance $1,990, utilities $900, and repairs expense $650.4. unit selling price: $25.prepare a selling and administrative expense budget by quarters for the first 6 months of 2017.

Avx home entertainment, inc., recently began a “no-hassles” return policy. a sample of 500 customers who recently returned items showed 400 thought the policy was fair, 32 thought it took too long to complete the transaction, and the rest had no opinion. on the basis of this information, make an inference about customer reaction to the new policy. (round your answers to 1 decimal place.)

Aproperty title search firm is contemplating using online software to increase its search productivity. currently an average of 40 minutes is needed to do a title search. the researcher cost is $2 per minute. clients are charged a fee of $400. company a's software would reduce the average search time by 10 minutes, at a cost of $3.50 per search. company b's software would reduce the average search time by 12 minutes at a cost of $3.60 per search. which option would have the higher productivity in terms of revenue per dollar of input?

What is the difference between total utility and marginal utility? a. marginal utility is subject to the law of diminishing marginal utility while total utility is not. b. total utility represents the consumer optimum while marginal utility gives the total utility per dollar spent on the last unit. c. total utility is the total amount of satisfaction derived from consuming a certain amount of a good while marginal utility is the additional satisfaction gained from consuming an additional unit of the good. d. marginal utility represents the consumer optimum while total utility gives the total utility per dollar spent on the last unit.