Magno cereal corporation uses a standard cost system to collect costs related to the production of its "crunchy pickle" cereal. the pickle (materials) standards for each batch of cereal produced are 1.4 pounds of pickles at a standard cost of $3.00 per pound. during the month of august, magno purchased 78,000 pounds of pounds at a total cost of $253,500. magno used all of these pickles to produce 60,000 batches of cereal. what is magno's materials quantity variance for the month of august? (points : 2) $1,500 unfavorable $18,000 favorable $19,500 unfavorable $54,000 unfavorable

The following cost data pertain to the operations of montgomery department stores, inc., for the month of july. corporate legal office salaries $ 75,300apparel department cost of sales"evendale store $ 97,200corporate headquarters building lease $ 50,300store manager's salary"evendale store $ 12,900apparel department sales commission"evendale store $ 11,550store utilities"evendale store $ 12,800apparel department manager's salary"evendale store $ 10,450central warehouse lease cost $ 18,600janitorial costs"evendale store $ 11,800 the evendale store is just one of many stores owned and operated by the company. the apparel department is one of many departments at the evendale store. the central warehouse serves all of the company's stores. required: 1. what is the total amount of the costs listed above that are direct costs of the apparel department? 2. what is the total amount of the costs listed above that are direct costs of the evendale store? 3. what is the total amount of the apparel department's direct costs that are also variable costs with respect to total departmental sales?

At the end of year 2, retained earnings for the baker company was $3,550. revenue earned by the company in year 2 was $3,800, expenses paid during the period were $2,000, and dividends paid during the period were $1,400. based on this information alone, retained earnings at the beginning of year 2 was:

Casey communications recently issued new common stock and used the proceeds to pay off some of its short-term notes payable. this action had no effect on the company's total assets or operating income. which of the following effects would occur as a result of this action? a. the company's current ratio increased.b. the company's times interest earned ratio decreased.c. the company's basic earning power ratio increased.d. the company's equity multiplier increased.e. the company's debt ratio increased.