The cost of producing 600 small fiberglass sailboats per year, and the cost of producing sails and fittings necessary to make the boats seaworthy in a single plant, are together $780,000. If produced in separate plants, the boats would cost $540,000, and the sails and fittings would cost $180,000. From this information, what can be learned about (1) economies of scale and (2) economies of scope in the production of sailboats, sails, and fittings

2. you take $100 you had kept under your mattress and deposit it on your bank account. if this $100 stays in the banking system as reserves and if banks hold reserves equal to 10% of deposits, by how much does the total amount of deposits in the banking system increase? by how much does the money supply increase?

Walsh company manufactures and sells one product. the following information pertains to each of the company’s first two years of operations: variable costs per unit: manufacturing: direct materials $ 25 direct labor $ 12 variable manufacturing overhead $ 5 variable selling and administrative $ 4 fixed costs per year: fixed manufacturing overhead $ 400,000 fixed selling and administrative expenses $ 60,000 during its first year of operations, walsh produced 50,000 units and sold 40,000 units. during its second year of operations, it produced 40,000 units and sold 50,000 units. the selling price of the company’s product is $83 per unit. required: 1. assume the company uses variable costing: a. compute the unit product cost for year 1 and year 2. b. prepare an income statement for year 1 and year 2. 2. assume the company uses absorption costing: a. compute the unit product cost for year 1 and year 2. b. prepare an income statement for year 1 and year 2. 3. reconcile the difference between variable costing and absorption costing net operating income in year 1.

Simon, aged 10, is invited to a classmate's birthday party at an exclusive ski resort on march 15th. the day will include 4 hours of snowboarding, lunch and birthday cake. simon's mother checks a box on the invitation that says "yes, we will attend" and returns it to the classmate's address. unfortunately, they later don't attend the party when simon comes down with the flu. on march 17th, simon's mother receives an invoice in the mail from simon's classmate for $35 that says, "party no-show fee." can simon's classmate collect the fee?