Smith Company learned that several other shippers in its hometown had customers located in the same markets that it serves. With this information, Jones should investigate the possibility of:

Accublade castings inc. casts blades for turbine engines. within the casting department, alloy is first melted in a crucible, then poured into molds to produce the castings. on may 1, there were 230 pounds of alloy in process, which were 60% complete as to conversion. the work in process balance for these 230 pounds was $32,844, determined as follows: exercises during may, the casting department was charged $350,000 for 2,500 pounds of alloy and $19,840 for direct labor. factory overhead is applied to the department at a rate of 150% of direct labor. the department transferred out 2,530 pounds of finished castings to the machining department. the may 31 inventory in process was 44% complete as to conversion. prepare the following may journal entries for the casting department: the materials charged to production the conversion costs charged to production the completed production transferred to the machining department determine the work in process"casting department may 31 balance.

When the national economy goes from bad to better, market research shows changes in the sales at various types of restaurants. projected 2011 sales at quick-service restaurants are $164.8 billion, which was 3% better than in 2010. projected 2011 sales at full-service restaurants are $184.2 billion, which was 1.2% better than in 2010. how will the dollar growth in quick-service restaurants sales compared to the dollar growth for full-service places?

You are evaluating two different silicon wafer milling machines. the techron i costs $285,000, has a three-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $78,000 per year. the techron ii costs $495,000, has a five-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $45,000 per year. for both milling machines, use straight-line depreciation to zero over the project’s life and assume a salvage value of $55,000. if your tax rate is 24 percent and your discount rate is 11 percent, compute the eac for both machines.