Winston Co. had two products code named X and Y. The firm had the following budget for August: Product X Product Y Total Sales $ 246,000 $ 430,000 $ 676,000 Variable Costs 188,000 215,000 403,000 Contribution Margin $ 58,000 $ 215,000 $ 273,000 Fixed costs 50,000 108,000 158,000 Operating Income $ 8,000 $ 107,000 $ 115,000 Selling Price per unit $ 100 $ 50 On September 1, the following actual operating results for August were reported: Product X Product Y Total Sales $ 260,000 $ 450,000 $ 710,000 Variable Costs 143,000 180,000 323,000 Contribution Margin $ 117,000 $ 270,000 $ 387,000 Fixed costs 50,000 108,000 158,000 Operating Income $ 67,000 $ 162,000 $ 229,000 Units Sold 3,000 9,000 Total industry volume for both products X and Y was estimated to be 130,000 units at the time of the budget. Actual industry volume for the period for products X and Y was 100,000 units. The weighted-average budgeted contribution margin per unit is:

Lavage rapide is a canadian company that owns and operates a large automatic car wash facility near montreal. the following table provides data concerning the company’s costs: fixed cost per month cost per car washed cleaning supplies $ 0.70 electricity $ 1,400 $ 0.07 maintenance $ 0.15 wages and salaries $ 4,900 $ 0.30 depreciation $ 8,300 rent $ 1,900 administrative expenses $ 1,400 $ 0.03 for example, electricity costs are $1,400 per month plus $0.07 per car washed. the company expects to wash 8,000 cars in august and to collect an average of $6.50 per car washed. the actual operating results for august appear below. lavage rapide income statement for the month ended august 31 actual cars washed 8,100 revenue $ 54,100 expenses: cleaning supplies 6,100 electricity 1,930 maintenance 1,440 wages and salaries 7,660 depreciation 8,300 rent 2,100 administrative expenses 1,540 total expense 29,070 net operating income $ 25,030 required: calculate the company's revenue and spending variances for august.

Suppose an economy has only two sectors: goods and services. each year, goods sells 80% of its outputs to services and keeps the rest, while services sells 62% of its output to goods and retains the rest. find equilibrium prices for the annual outputs of the goods and services sectors that make each sector's income match its expenditures.

You have just been hired as a brand manager at kelsey-white, an american multinational consumer goods company. recently the firm invested in the development of k-w vision, a series of systems and processes that allow the use of up-to-date data and advanced analytics to drive informed decision making about k-w brands. it is 2018. the system is populated with 3 years of historical data. as brand manager for k-w’s blue laundry detergent, you are tasked to lead the brand's turnaround. use the vision platform to to develop your strategy and grow blue’s market share over the next 4 years.