At retirement, Susan plans take the investment balance from her mutual fund account and the balance from her 401K account and combine them into an IRA account. To minimize risk, her IRA account will invest in more conservative securities. As a result, Susan anticipates her annual IRA returns to be about 5.5% during retirement. While in retirement, Susan plans to withdraw $90,000 per year from her IRA account over the next 32 years. Is this possible

Bandar industries berhad of malaysia manufactures sporting equipment. one of the company’s products, a football helmet for the north american market, requires a special plastic. during the quarter ending june 30, the company manufactured 35,000 helmets, using 22,500 kilograms of plastic. the plastic cost the company $171,000. according to the standard cost card, each helmet should require 0.6 kilograms of plastic, at a cost of $8 per kilogram. 1. what is the standard quantity of kilograms of plastic (sq) that is allowed to make 35,000 helmets? 2. what is the standard materials cost allowed (sq x sp) to make 35,000 helmets? 3. what is the materials spending variance? 4. what is the materials price variance and the materials quantity variance?