Dixon & Company manufactures Part A and uses standard costs to prepare its flexible budget. For the first quarter of the year, direct materials and direct labor standards for Part A were as follows: Direct materials: pounds per unit; per pound Direct labor: hours per unit; per hour During the first quarter, Dixon produced units of this product. Actual direct materials and direct labor costs were and , respectively. For the purpose of preparing the flexible budget, calculate the total standard direct labor cost at a production volume of units.

The mars company's new topeka, kansas, manufacturing plant is the first new facility the company has opened in north america in 35 years. the new plant is which type of tangible resource?

Suppose that kenji, an economist from an am talk radio program, and lucia, an economist from a school of industrial relations, are arguing over health insurance. the following dialogue shows an excerpt from their debate: lucia: a popular topic for debate among politicians as well as economists is the idea of providing government assistance for health benefits. kenji: i think it is oppressive for the government to tax people who take care of themselves in order to pay for health insurance for those who are obese. lucia: i disagree. i think government funding of health insurance is useful to ensure basic fairness. the disagreement between these economists is most likely due to . despite their differences, with which proposition are two economists chosen at random most likely to agree? lawyers make up an excessive percentage of elected officials. minimum wage laws do more to harm low-skilled workers than them. tariffs and import quotas generally reduce economic welfare.

Suppose a country's productivity last year was 84. if this country's productivity growth rate of 5 percent is to be maintained, this means that this year's productivity will have to be: