SCS Co. uses activity-based costing in their manufacturing process. The company produces two products, ABC and XYZ. SCS has provided their costing department the following information from this year’s budget relating to the production of these two products: ABC XYZ Units to be produced 4,000 6,000 Machine-hours expected 100 200 Direct labor-hours expected 200 300 Materials handling (number of moves) 60 70 Machine setups (number of setups) 20 15 The following costs are expected to be incurred throughout the year, and are related to the cost drivers being measured: Direct Labor Wages $50,000 Materials handling 4,000 Labor-related overhead 42,000 Machine setups 7,000 What is the total expected overhead allocated to product XYZ? NOTE: Round all per-unit costs to nearest cent.

Upscale hotels in the united states recently cut their prices by 20 percent in an effort to bolster dwindling occupancy rates among business travelers. a survey performed by a major research organization indicated that businesses are wary of current economic conditions and are now resorting to electronic media, such as the internet and the telephone, to transact business. assume a company's budget permits it to spend $5,000 per month on either business travel or electronic media to transact business. graphically illustrate how a 20 percent decline in the price of business travel would impact this company's budget set if the price of business travel was initially $1,000 per trip and the price of electronic media was $500 per hour. suppose that, after the price of business travel drops, the company issues a report indicating that its marginal rate of substitution between electronic media and business travel is 1. is the company allocating resources efficiently? explain.

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Laws corporation is considering the purchase of a machine costing $16,000. estimated cash savings from using the new machine are $4,120 per year. the machine will have no salvage value at the end of its useful life of six years and the required rate of return for laws corporation is 12%. the machine's internal rate of return is closest to (ignore income taxes) (a) 12% (b) 14% (c) 16% (d) 18%