Misty McDougall is the manager of the Campbell Bagel Shop. The corporate office had budgeted her store to sell 2,500 ham sandwiches during the week beginning July 17. Each sandwich was expected to contain 7 ounces of ham. During the week of July 17, the store actually sold 3,000 sandwiches and used 21,600 ounces of ham. The standard cost of ham is $0.20 per ounce. The variance report from company headquarters showed an unfavorable materials usage variance of $820. Ms. McDougall thought the variance was too high, but she had no accounting background and did not know how to register a proper objection. Required
Determine the material usage variance.

What are the forecasted levels of the line of credit and special dividends? (hints: create a column showing the ratios for the current year; then create a new column showing the ratios used in the forecast. also, create a preliminary forecast that doesn’t include any new line of credit or special dividends. identify the financing deficit or surplus in this preliminary forecast and then add a new column that shows the final forecast that includes any new line of credit or special dividend.) now assume that the growth in sales is only 3%. what are the forecasted levels of the line of credit and special dividends?

Total marketing effort is a term used to describe the critical decision factors that affect demand: price, advertising, distribution, and product quality. define the variable x to represent total marketing effort. a typical model that is used to predict demand as a function of total marketing effort is based on the power function: d = axb suppose that a is a positive number. different model forms result from varying the constant b. sketch the graphs of this model for b = 0, b = 1, 0< b< 1, b< 0, and b> 1. (we encourage you to use excel to do this.) what does each model tell you about the relationship between demand and marketing effort? what assumptions are implied? are they reasonable? how would you go about selecting the appropriate model?

Many years ago, sprint telecommunications aired an advertisement intended to demonstrate the clarity of reception sprint customers could expect. the ad showed a rancher, who had used a different company, complaining that he had ordered 100 oxen from his supplier and instead received 100 dachshunds. the mix-up was probably due to the presence of in the communication process.