Famtrk153 Corp. is a popular car-wash operation that measures its activity in terms of number of cars washed. Last month, the budgeted level of activity was 1,140 cars washed and the actual level of activity was 1,130 cars washed. The cost formula for the washing expenses is $3.80 per car washed plus $21,000 per month. (ID#11659) The actual Famtrk153's washing expense was $21,700. Q) What was the Famtrk153's spending variance for the washing expenses last month?

Maker-bot corporation has 10,000 shares of 10%, $90 par value, cumulative preferred stock outstanding since its inception. no dividends were declared in the first two years. if the company pays $400,000 of dividends in the third year, how much will common stockholders receive?

(a) what was the opportunity cost of non-gm food for many buyers before 2008? (b) why did they prefer the alternative? (c) what was the opportunity cost in 2008? (d) why did it change?

In a fixed-term, level-payment reverse mortgage, sometimes called a reverse annuity mortgage, or ram, a lender agrees to pay the homeowner a monthly payment, or annuity, and expects to be repaid from the homeowner’s equity when he or she sells the home or obtains other financing to pay off the ram. consider a household that owns a $150,000 home free and clear of mortgage debt. the ram lender agrees to a $100,000 ram for 10 years at 6 percent. assume payments are made annually, at the beginning of each year to the homeowner. calculate the annual payment on the ram.