Marathon sports equipment company projected sales of 79 comma 000 units at a unit sales price of $ 14 for the year. actual sales for the year were 77 comma 000 units at $ 15 per unit. variable costs were budgeted at $ 3 per unit, and the actual amount was $ 4 per unit. budgeted fixed costs totaled $ 376 comma 000, while actual fixed costs amounted to $ 420 comma 000. what is the sales volume variance for total revenue?

Emery pharmaceutical uses an unstable chemical compound that must be kept in an environment where both temperature and humidity can be controlled. emery uses 825 pounds per month of the chemical, estimates the holding cost to be 50% of the purchase price (because of spoilage), and estimates order costs to be $48 per order. the cost schedules of two suppliers are as follows: vendor 1 vendor 2 quantity price/lb quantity price/lb 1-499 $17 1-399 $17.10 500-999 $16.75 400-799 $16.85 1000+ $16.50 800-1199 $16.60 1200+ $16.25 (a) what is the economic order quantity for each supplier? (b) what quantity should be ordered and which supplier should be used? (c) the total cost for the most economic order sire is $