Montoursville control company, which manufactures electrical switches, uses a standard-costing system. the standard production overhead costs per switch are based on direct-labor hours and are as follows: variable overhead (5 direct-labor hours @ $13.00 per hour) $ 65 fixed overhead (5 direct-labor hours @ $21.00 per hour)* 105 total overhead $ 170 *based on capacity of 307,500 direct-labor hours per month. the following information is available for the month of october. variable overhead costs were $5,340,000. fixed overhead costs were $7,875,000. 58,500 switches were produced, although 61,500 switches were scheduled to be produced. 290,000 direct-labor hours were worked at a total cost of $5,325,000. required: compute the variable-overhead spending and efficiency variances and the fixed-overhead budget and volume variances for october. (indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "favorable" or "unfavorable". select "none" and enter "0" for no effect (i. e., zero

For the past six years, the price of slippery rock stock has been increasing at a rate of 8.21 percent a year. currently, the stock is priced at $43.40 a share and has a required return of 11.65 percent. what is the dividend yield? 3.20 percent 2.75 percent 3.69 percent

Richardson hired j.c. flood company, a plumbing contractor, to correct a stoppage in the sewer line of her house. the plumbing company's 'snake' device, used to clear the line leading to the main sewer, became caught in the underground line. to release it, the company excavated a portion of the sewer line in richardson's backyard. in the process, the company discovered numerous leaks in a rusty, defective water pipe that ran parallel with the sewer line. to meet public regulations, the water pipe, of a type no longer approved for such service, had to be replaced either then or later, when the yard would have to be excavated again. the plumbing company proceeded to repair the water pipe. though richardson inspected the company's work daily and did not express any objection to the extra work involved in replacing the water pipe, she refused to pay any part of the total bill after the company completed the entire operation. j.c. flood company then sued richardson for the costs of labor and material it had furnished. (c) for what, if anything, should richardson be liable? explain."

Jack manufacturing company had beginning work in process inventory of $8,000. during the period, jack transferred $34,000 of raw materials to work in process. labor costs amounted to $41,000 and overhead amounted to $36,000. if the ending balance in work in process inventory was $12,000, what was the amount transferred to finished goods inventory?