Required information Use the following information for the Quick Study below. Skip to question [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Brodrick Company expects to produce 20,100 units for the year ending December 31. A flexible budget for 20,100 units of production reflects sales of $542,700; variable costs of $60,300; and fixed costs of $141,000. QS 21-4 Flexible budget performance report LO P1 Assume that actual sales for the year are $657,400 (26,200 units), actual variable costs for the year are $113,200, and actual fixed costs for the year are $133,000. Prepare a flexible budget performance report for the year. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting for favorable, unfavorable, and no variance.)

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Rate of return douglas keel, a financial analyst for orange industries, wishes to estimate the rate of return for two similar-risk investments, x and y. douglas's research indicates that the immediate past returns will serve as reasonable estimates of future returns. a year earlier, investment x had a market value of $27 comma 000; and investment y had a market value of $46 comma 000. during the year, investment x generated cash flow of $2 comma 025 and investment y generated cash flow of $ 6 comma 770. the current market values of investments x and y are $28 comma 582 and $46 comma 000, respectively. a. calculate the expected rate of return on investments x and y using the most recent year's data. b. assuming that the two investments are equally risky, which one should douglas recommend? why?