QUESTION 1 St Georges Company, manufactures industrial valves. It is engaged in interstate commerce and
has an annual cedi volume of sales of GH10,000,000. The company employs 1,000 people: 900
wage- and 100 salary-based employees. In 2009 the company paid a minimum wage of
GH¢7.25). For work over 40 hours a week (1.e, over 8 hours in any weekday), the company paid
one-half times the regular rate. The company also paid twice the regular rate for work on
weekends (Saturdays, Sundays) and holidays. Let us assume John Smith, an assembly-line
mechanic, worked the following hours during the week of January 23, 2009:
1) 40 regular time hours;
2) 8 overtime hours; and
3) 8 weekend-holiday hours.
Required
Calculate Smith's wage.

While studying for the engineering economy final exam, you and two friends find yourselves craving a fresh pizza. you can't spare the time to pick up the pizza and must have it delivered. "pick-up-sticks" offers a 1-1/4-inch-thick (including toppings), 20-inch square pizza with your choice of two toppings for $15 plus 5% sales tax and a $1.50 delivery charge (no sales tax on delivery charge). "fred's" offers the round, deep-dish sasquatch, which is 20 inches in diameter. it is 1-3/4 inches thick, includes two toppings, and costs $17.25 plus 5% sales tax and free delivery. 1. what is the problem in this situation? state it in an explicit and precise manner. 2. systematically apply the seven principles of engineering economy (pp. 3-6) to the problem you have defined in part (a). 3. assuming that your common unit of measure is dollars (i.e., cost), what is the better value for getting a pizza based on the criterion of minimizing cost per unit of volume? 4. what other criteria might be used to select which pizza to purchase?

Laurelton heating & cooling installs and services commercial heating and cooling systems. laurelton uses job costing to calculate the cost of its jobs. overhead is allocated to each job based on the number of direct labor hours spent on that job. at the beginning of the current year, laurelton estimated that its overhead for the coming year would be $ 61 comma 500. it also anticipated using 4 comma 100 direct labor hours for the year. in april comma laurelton started and completed the following two jobs: (click the icon to view the jobs.) laurelton paid a $ 20-per-hour wage rate to the employees who worked on these two jobs. read the requirements requirement 1. what is laurelton's predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor hours? determine the formula to calculate laurelton's predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor hours, then calculate the rate. / = predetermined overhead rate

Legal requirements, suppliers and distributors, competitors, and market profiles are contained in the element of your business plan. a. introduction b. operating plant c. industry d. business information