During june, cisco company produced 12,000 chainsaw blades. the standard quantity of material allowed per unit was 1.5 pounds of steel per blade at a standard cost of $8 per pound. the actual cost was $7 per pound. the actual pounds of steel that cisco purchased were 19,500 pounds. all materials purchased were used. calculate cisco's materials usage variance. a. $10,500 f b. $10,500 u c. $12,000 u d. $12,000 f

4. project memo your supervisor has asked you to create a final copy of a memo announcing a special project. open the microsoft® word file ch01 memo from the data files. edit the memo to correct errors in keyboarding, punctuation, spelling, and word usage. submit the edited document to your instructor along with this assignment.to: department supervisorsfrom: tomas perezdate: january 3, 20--subject: playground projectas you now, are offices are close each year on observance of martin luther king, jr. day. this year, the company is organizing a service project for that day. we will be clean up the grove street playground and panting bushes, blubs, and flowers. the company is donating now playground equiptment and park benches. cleanup gear and tools will be provided, and a cook out will conclude the days’ activities. farther information will be provided as the date draws nearer. encourage the employee in you department too participate in this worthwhile effort.

Kirnon clinic uses client-visits as its measure of activity. during july, the clinic budgeted for 3,250 client-visits, but its actual level of activity was 3,160 client-visits. the clinic has provided the following data concerning the formulas to be used in its budgeting: fixed element per month variable element per client-visitrevenue - $ 39.10personnel expenses $ 35,100 $ 10.30medical supplies 1,100 7.10occupancy expenses 8,100 1.10administrative expenses 5,100 0.20total expenses $ 49,400 $ 18.70the activity variance for net operating income in july would be closest to:

"a critical element of this step in the ethical decision-making process will be the consideration of ways to mitigate, minimize, or compensate for any possible harmful consequences or to increase and promote beneficial consequences." which step is this?