Edith carolina is president of the deed corporation. the company is decentralized, and leaves investment decisions up to the discretion of the division managers. michael sanders, manager of the cosmetics division, has had a return on investment of 14% for his division for the past three years and expects the division to have the same return in the coming year. sanders has the opportunity to invest in a new line of cosmetics which is expected to have a return on investment of 12%. the company's minimum required rate of return is 8%. if the deed corporation evaluates managerial performance using residual income based on the corporate minimum required rate of return of 8%, what decision would be preferred by edith carolina and michael sanders? carolina sanders a) accept reject b) reject accept c) accept accept d) reject reject multiple choice choice a choice b choice c choice d

An important application of regression analysis in accounting is in the estimation of cost. by collecting data on volume and cost and using the least squares method to develop an estimated regression equation relating volume and cost, an accountant can estimate the cost associated with a particular manufacturing volume. consider the following sample of production volumes and total cost data for a manufacturing operation. production volume (units) total cost ($) 400 4000 450 5000 550 5400 600 5900 700 6400 750 7000 compute b 1 and b 0 (to 2 decimals if necessary). b 1 b 0 complete the estimated regression equation (to 2 decimals if necessary). = + x what is the variable cost per unit produced (to 1 decimal)? $ compute the coefficient of determination (to 4 decimals). note: report r 2 between 0 and 1. r 2 = what percentage of the variation in total cost can be explained by the production volume (to 2 decimals)? % the company's production schedule shows 500 units must be produced next month. what is the estimated total cost for this operation (to 2 decimals)? $

Alicia has a collision deductible of $500 and a bodily injury liability coverage limit of $50,000. she hits another driver and injures them severely. the case goes to trial and there is a verdict to compensate the injured person for $40,000 how much does she pay?

Three pounds of material a are required for each unit produced. the company has a policy of maintaining a stock of material a on hand at the end of each quarter equal to 30% of the next quarter's production needs for material a. a total of 35,000 pounds of material a are on hand to start the year. budgeted purchases of material a for the second quarter would be: