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  • By how much does gross margin increase or decrease under absorption costing?

    Tramor Company reports the following cost data for its single product. The company regularly sells 20,000 units of its product at a price of $80 per unit.

    Direct materials $10 per unit

    Direct labor $12 per unit

    Overhead costs for the year

    Variable overhead $3 per unit

    Fixed overhead per year $40,000

    Normal production level (in units) 20,000 units

    If Tramor doubles its production to 40,000 units while sales remain at the current 20,000 unit level, by how much would the company’s gross margin increase or decrease under absorption costing?

    Please explain why.

    1 AnswerOther - Business & Finance10 years ago
  • solving differential equations under the given conditions?

    dy/dx = 3x [(1+y^2)^(1/2)] / y; y(1) = sqrt (8)

    Please show work along with the answer

    2 AnswersMathematics10 years ago
  • Use implicit differentiation to differentiate the equation.?

    (3x-2y)^6 = 3y^4 + 9

    Please show work/steps along with the answer.

    2 AnswersMathematics1 decade ago
  • Find derivative of y using logarithmic differentiation?

    y=(1+(6/x))^(8x)

    Please show work along with the answer.

    3 AnswersMathematics1 decade ago
  • Find the derivative of the equation f(x)?

    Using the chain rule find f'(x) of f(x)=x(4-x)^3.

    Please show work along with the answer.

    3 AnswersMathematics1 decade ago
  • Opportunity costs of producing caps compared to jackets?

    In an hour, Sue can produce 40 caps or 4 jackets and Tessa can produce 80 caps or 4 jackets.

    a) Calculate Sue's opportunity cost of producing a cap.

    b) Calculate Tessa's opportunity cost of producing a cap.

    c) Who has a comparative advantage in producing caps?

    d) If Sue and Tessa specialize in producing the good in which each of them has a comparative advantage, and they trade 1 jacket for 15 caps, who gains from the specialization and trade?

    Please explain for parts c) and d).

    1 AnswerEconomics1 decade ago
  • Find limit of equation using f(a+h) - f(a) / h?

    f(x)= 2/(x-1).... a=2.

    Please show work along with answer.

    1 AnswerMathematics1 decade ago
  • Which of the following is the most likely to happen?

    Forty percent of the customers who purchase gas at an EXXON station will also buy something besides gas.

    a) A majority of the next 20 customers who purchase gas will also buy something else.

    b) A majority of the next 100 customers who purchase gas will also buy something else.

    c) Both a and b are equally likely.

    Please show answer along with explanation.

    2 AnswersMathematics1 decade ago
  • Which is more likely to occur?

    Assume that 20% of the cars in Wheaton, Illinois are green. An observer stands at the intersection of Butterfield Road and Park Boulevard in Wheaton for an hour and sees 898 cars traveling along Butterfield and 243 cars traveling along Park.

    a. In which direction is it more likely that more than 25% of the cars seen will be green?

    A) It is more likely among the 898 cars traveling on Butterfield Road.

    B) It is more likely among the 243 cars traveling on Park Boulevard.

    C) It is just as likely among either group of cars.

    b. Suppose that you watch 20 cars in a row traveling along Butterfield Road at this intersection and not a single one is green. What is the probability that the next car will be green?

    c. In answering parts a and b, what assumption have you made about the relationship between the colors of cars?

    Please show answers and explain.

    1 AnswerMathematics1 decade ago
  • Which of the following is more likely?

    Ten percent of the vehicles on the Pennsylvania trunpike are commercial trucks. You watch vehicles passing under an overpass on the turnpike. Which is more likely?

    A. Exactly 10 (10%) of the next 100 vehicles are commercial trucks.

    B. Exactly 100 (10%) of the next 1000 vehicles are commercial trucks.

    C. Between 8% and 12% of the next 100 vehicles are commercial trucks.

    D. Between 8% and 12% of the next 1000 vehicles are commercial trucks.

    ---- Which of the following of these are more likely to occur?

    A. At least 150 of the next 1000 vehicles are commercial trucks.

    B. At least 15 of the next 100 vehicles are commercial trucks.

    C. Both A and B are equally likely.

    D. Not enough information to know whether A or B is more likely.

    1 AnswerMathematics1 decade ago
  • What percent of rolls weigh over 228 grams?

    New rolls of dimes are delivered to a bank in rolls of fifty coins each. Theses rolls weigh an average of 230 grams with a standard deviation of 5 grams and the weights follow the normal curve quite closely.

    What percent of rolls weigh over 228 grams?

    Please show work along with the answer.

    1 AnswerMathematics1 decade ago
  • What percentage scored higher?

    The average performance of women on the SAT, especially the math part, is lower than that of men. The reasons for this gender gap are controversial. In 2007, college-bound senior women's scores on the SAT Math test followed a normal distribution with mean 499 and standard deviation 110. The mean for men was 533.

    What percentage of women scored higher than the male mean?

    Please show work along with the answer.

    2 AnswersMathematics1 decade ago
  • What percentage of women scored higher than the male mean?

    The average performance of women on the SAT, especially the math part, is lower than that of men. The reasons for this gender gap are controversial. In 2007, college-bound senior women's scores on the SAT Math test followed a normal distribution with mean 499and standard deviation 110. The mean for men was 533. What percentage of women scored higher than the male mean?

    Please show work along with answer.

    1 AnswerMathematics1 decade ago
  • How can you group paracrine, endocrine, and neurotransmitter into two groups?

    Example, such as, paracrine and endocrine together, or neurotransmitter and paracrine?

    Please explain.

    4 AnswersOther - Science1 decade ago
  • Determine the rate of which the base of the triangle is changing?

    The height of a triangle is increasing at a rate of 2 cm/min while the area of the triangle is increasing at a rate of 3 cm^2/min.

    At what rate is the base of the triangle changing when the height is 10 cm and the area is 95 cm^2?

    Please show work and the answer.

    1 AnswerMathematics1 decade ago
  • Rate at which the volume of a spherical balloon is decreasing?

    A spherical snowball is melting in such a way that its diameter is decreasing at rate of 0.4 cm/min. At what rate is the volume** of the snowball decreasing when the diameter is 9 cm? (Note the answer is a positive number)

    Please show work along with the answer.

    1 AnswerMathematics1 decade ago
  • Find dy/dx of the given equation?

    7x^2+6x^4-3y^3+sin(y)=4

    find dy/dx of the equation show work if possible along with answer.

    5 AnswersMathematics1 decade ago
  • Find two points of the curve given in a certain plane?

    Consider the curve C in the xy-plane given by the equation

    x^2y^2-2xy=24.

    Find a point a and b on C with a>0 at which the tangent to C has slope m=1.

    Find for points a and b

    a=

    b=

    show work with answer.

    1 AnswerMathematics1 decade ago