Carl and Nancy Johnson prepared a household budget in an attempt to manage their money better. As part of their budgeting process, Carl and Nancy prepared the following list: Monthly Income (after taxes) = $4,500; Monthly Expenses (Necessities), which include Rent: $550, Auto Loan: $250, Student Loan: $200, Savings: $500, Food: $200; Total Monthly Expenses = $1,700; Amount Left Over = $2,800. After totaling their necessary expenses, which equals $1,700, Carl and Nancy subtracted that amount from their monthly income of $4,500. The Johnsons were happy to realize that they had $2,800 left over, which is their .

Trey morgan is an employee who is paid monthly. for the month of january of the current year, he earned a total of $4,538. the fica tax for social security is 6.2% of the first $118,500 earned each calendar year, and the fica tax rate for medicare is 1.45% of all earnings for both the employee and the employer. the amount of federal income tax withheld from his earnings was $680.70. his net pay for the month is .

Horace society is planning its annual western fair raceway gala. the gala committee has assembled the following expected costs for the event: dinner (per person) $10 gaming token and program (per person) $2 prize payouts $4,300 tickets and advertising $800 private box suite rental $1,700 lottery licenses $200 the committee members would like to charge $40 per person for the evening’s activities. required: 1. what is the break-even point for the dinner-dance (in terms of the number of persons who must attend)? 2. assume that last year only 200 persons attended the dinner-dance. if the same number attend this year, what price per ticket must be charged in order to break even? 3. refer to the original data ($40 ticket price per person). prepare a cvp graph for the dinner- dance from zero tickets up to 600 tickets sold.

Shawn received an e-mail offering a great deal on music, movie, and game downloads. he has never heard of the company, and the e-mail address and company name do not match. what should shawn do?