Based on past experience, a company has developed the following budget formula for estimating its shipping expenses. the company's shipments average 2 lbs. per shipment: shipping costs = $6,000 + ($0.50 × lbs. shipped). the planned activity and actual activity regarding orders and shipments for the current month are given in the following schedule: plan actual sales orders 700 682 shipments 700 722 units shipped 7,000 7,820 sales $ 110,000 $ 134,000 total pounds shipped 8,600 11,300 the actual shipping costs for the month amounted to $10,650. the appropriate monthly flexible budget allowance for shipping costs for the purpose of performance evaluation would be: $14,950. $10,650. $16,300. $11,650.

Anne is comparing savings accounts. one account has an interest rate of 1.2 percent compounded yearly, and one account has an interest rate of 1.2 percent compounded monthly. which account will earn more money in interest? the account that earns 1.2 percent compounded yearly the account that earns 1.2 percent compounded monthly

Suppose that kenji, an economist from an am talk radio program, and lucia, an economist from a school of industrial relations, are arguing over health insurance. the following dialogue shows an excerpt from their debate: lucia: a popular topic for debate among politicians as well as economists is the idea of providing government assistance for health benefits. kenji: i think it is oppressive for the government to tax people who take care of themselves in order to pay for health insurance for those who are obese. lucia: i disagree. i think government funding of health insurance is useful to ensure basic fairness. the disagreement between these economists is most likely due to . despite their differences, with which proposition are two economists chosen at random most likely to agree? lawyers make up an excessive percentage of elected officials. minimum wage laws do more to harm low-skilled workers than them. tariffs and import quotas generally reduce economic welfare.

Email viruses are typically launched by people who modify header information to hide their identity. brightmail's enrique salem says that in the future, your email reader will authenticate the sender before putting hte message in your inbox. that way, you will know the source of all the emails you read. alan nugent of novell says, "i'm kind of a fan of eliminating anonymity if that is the price for security." will eliminating anonymity make computers more secure?