Orscheln Snow Removal's cost formula for its vehicle operating cost is $2,800 per month plus $381 per snow-day. For the month of February, the company planned for activity of 17 snow-days, but the actual level of activity was 14 snow-days. The actual vehicle operating cost for the month was $7,920. The activity variance for vehicle operating cost in February would be closest to:

Cash flows during the first year of operations for the harman-kardon consulting company were as follows: cash collected from customers, $385,000; cash paid for rent, $49,000; cash paid to employees for services rendered during the year, $129,000; cash paid for utilities, $59,000. in addition, you determine that customers owed the company $69,000 at the end of the year and no bad debts were anticipated. also, the company owed the gas and electric company $2,900 at year-end, and the rent payment was for a two-year period.

In early january, burger mania acquired 100% of the common stock of the crispy taco restaurant chain. the purchase price allocation included the following items: $4 million, patent; $3 million, trademark considered to have an indefinite useful life; and $5 million, goodwill. burger mania's policy is to amortize intangible assets with finite useful lives using the straight-line method, no residual value, and a five-year service life. what is the total amount of amortization expense that would appear in burger mania's income statement for the first year ended december 31 related to these items?

If springfield is operating at full employment who is working a. everyone b. about 96% of the workforce c. the entire work force d. the robots