Sultan company uses an activity-based costing system. at the beginning of the year, the company made the following estimates of cost and activity for its five activity cost pools: activity cost pool activity measure expected overhead cost expected activity labor-related direct labor-hours $ 156,000 26,000 dlhs purchase orders number of orders $ 11,000 220 orders parts management number of part types $ 80,000 100 part types board etching number of boards $ 90,000 2,000 boards general factory machine-hours $ 180,000 20,000 mhs required: 1. compute the activity rate for each of the activity cost pools. 2. the expected activity for the year was distributed among the company’s four products as follows: expected activity activity cost pool product a product b product c product d labor-related (dlhs) 6,000 11,000 4,000 5,000 purchase orders (orders) 60 30 40 90 parts management (part types) 30 15 40 15 board etching (boards) 500 900 600 0 general factory (mhs) 3,000 8,000 3,000 6,000

Jack manufacturing company had beginning work in process inventory of $8,000. during the period, jack transferred $34,000 of raw materials to work in process. labor costs amounted to $41,000 and overhead amounted to $36,000. if the ending balance in work in process inventory was $12,000, what was the amount transferred to finished goods inventory?

Laval produces lamps and home lighting fixtures. its most popular product is a brushed aluminum desk lamp. this lamp is made from components shaped in the fabricating department and assembled in the assembly department. information related to the 22,000 desk lamps produced annually follows. direct materials $280,000direct labor fabricating department (8,000 dlh × $24 per dlh) $192,000assembly department (16,600 dlh × $26 per dlh) $431,600machine hours fabricating department $15,200mhassembly department $20,850mhexpected overhead cost and related data for the two production departments follow. fabricating assemblydirect labor hours 150,000dlh 295,000dlhmachine hours 161,000mh 128,000mhoverhead cost $400,000 430,000required1. determine the plantwide overhead rate for laval using direct labor hours as a base.2. determine the total manufacturing cost per unit for the aluminum desk lamp using the plantwide overhead rate.3. compute departmental overhead rates based on machine hours in the fabricating department and direct labor hours in the assembly department.4. use departmental overhead rates from requirement 3 to determine the total manufacturing cost per unit for the aluminum desk lamps.

Anew firm is developing its business plan. it will require $615,000 of assets, and it projects $450,000 of sales and $355,000 of operating costs for the first year. management is reasonably sure of these numbers because of contracts with its customers and suppliers. it can borrow at a rate of 7.5%, but the bank requires it to have a tie of at least 4.0, and if the tie falls below this level the bank will call in the loan and the firm will go bankrupt. what is the maximum debt ratio the firm can use? (hint: find the maximum dollars of interest, then the debt that produces that interest, and then the related debt ratio.)a. 41.94%b. 44.15%c. 46.47%d. 48.92%e. 51.49%