Prepare a direct labor budget for each month of April, May, and June. 2. Prepare a factory overhead budget for each month of April, May, and June. 3. The company is considering hiring more skilled workers. These workers would increase the direct labor rate to $21 per hour, and reduce direct labor hours required per finished good to 1.5 hours. Compute the direct labor budget for April assuming the company (a) does not hire more skilled workers and (b) hires more skilled workers. 4. The company is considering hiring more skilled workers. These workers would increase the direct labor rate to $21 per hour, and reduce direct labor hours required per finished good to 1.5 hours. How would this change to more skilled workers impact total budgeted factory overhead (assuming the budgeted variable overhead rate is unchanged)

Wo firms, a and b, each currently dump 50 tons of chemicals into the local river. the government has decided to reduce the pollution and from now on will require a pollution permit for each ton of pollution dumped into the river. it costs firm a $100 for each ton of pollution that it eliminates before it reaches the river, and it costs firm b $50 for each ton of pollution that it eliminates before it reaches the river. the government gives each firm 20 pollution permits. government officials are not sure whether to allow the firms to buy or sell the pollution permits to each other. what is the total cost of reducing pollution if firms are not allowed to buy and sell pollution permits from each other? what is the total cost of reducing pollution if the firms are allowed to buy and sell permits from each other? a. $3,000; $1,500 b. $4,500; $3,500 c. $4,500; $4,000 d. $4,500; $2,500