Morris company allocates manufacturing overhead based on machine hours. each chair produced should require 4 machine hours. according to the static budget, the following is expected to incur: 2,200 machine hours per month (550 chairs x 4 hours per chair) $11,440 in variable manufacturing overhead costs $9,000 in fixed manufacturing overhead costs during january, morris company actually used 2,100 machine hours to make 510 chairs. the company spent $6,800 in variable manufacturing overhead costs and $9,100 in fixed manufacturing overhead costs. what is the fixed overhead cost variance?
a. $200 f
b. $200 u
c. $300 f
d. $300 u

Recently, verizon wireless ran a pricing trial in order to estimate the elasticity of demand for its services. the manager selected three states that were representative of its entire service area and increased prices by 5 percent to customers in those areas. one week later, the number of customers enrolled in verizon's cellular plans declined 4 percent in those states, while enrollments in states where prices were not increased remained flat. the manager used this information to estimate the own-price elasticity of demand and, based on her findings, immediately increased prices in all market areas by 5 percent in an attempt to boost the company's 2016 annual revenues. one year later, the manager was perplexed because verizon's 2016 annual revenues were 10 percent lower than those in 2015"the price increase apparently led to a reduction in the company's revenues. did the manager make an error? yes - the one-week measures show demand is inelastic, so a price increase will decrease revenues. yes - the one-week measures show demand is elastic, so a price increase will reduce revenues. yes - cell phone elasticity is likely much larger in the long-run than the short-run. no - the cell phone market must have changed between 2011 and 2012 for this price increase to lower revenues.

Define the marginal rate of substitution between two goods (x and y). if a consumer’s preferences are given by u(x, y) = x3/4y1/4, compute the consumer’s marginal rate of substitution as a function of x and y. calculate the mrs if the consumer has chosen to consumer 48 units of x and 16 units of y. show your work. (use the back of the page if necessary.

Which of the following events could increase the demand for labor? a. an increase in the marginal productivity of workers b. a decrease in the amount of capital available for workers to use c. a decrease in the wage paid to workers d. a decrease in output price