Darrell and Jim are planning to run in their office-sponsored marathon and plan on joining a gym to train. Darrell finds that gym-A has a $40 joining fee and then costs $15 per month after that. Jim finds that gym-B is free to join and costs $20 per month after. At what number of months of training would gym-A to be a cheaper option than gym-B

Bandar industries berhad of malaysia manufactures sporting equipment. one of the company’s products, a football helmet for the north american market, requires a special plastic. during the quarter ending june 30, the company manufactured 35,000 helmets, using 22,500 kilograms of plastic. the plastic cost the company $171,000. according to the standard cost card, each helmet should require 0.6 kilograms of plastic, at a cost of $8 per kilogram. 1. what is the standard quantity of kilograms of plastic (sq) that is allowed to make 35,000 helmets? 2. what is the standard materials cost allowed (sq x sp) to make 35,000 helmets? 3. what is the materials spending variance? 4. what is the materials price variance and the materials quantity variance?