Swanson company has two divisions; sporting goods and sports gear. the sales mix is 65% for sporting goods and 35% for sports gear. swanson incurs $3,330,000 in fixed costs. the contribution margin ratio for sporting goods is 30%, while for sports gear it is 50%. what will sales be for the sporting goods division at the break-even point?

Martinez manufacturing applies overhead based on direct labor hours. the company estimates that their overhead for the year will be $180,000, and that they will use 72,000 direct labor hours. during the year, martinez manufacturing actually used 75,000 direct labor hours and actual overhead costs were $190,000. at the end of the year, manufacturing overhead was: overapplied by $2,500. overapplied by $10,000. underapplied by $2,500. underapplied by $10,000.

Email viruses are typically launched by people who modify header information to hide their identity. brightmail's enrique salem says that in the future, your email reader will authenticate the sender before putting hte message in your inbox. that way, you will know the source of all the emails you read. alan nugent of novell says, "i'm kind of a fan of eliminating anonymity if that is the price for security." will eliminating anonymity make computers more secure?

Suppose that hubert, an economist from an am talk radio program, and kate, an economist from a nonprofit organization on the west coast, are arguing over government bailouts. the following dialogue shows an excerpt from their debate: kate: to recent financial crises, the concept of bailouts is a hot topic for debate among everyone these days. hubert: indeed, it’s gotten crazy! a government bailout of severely distressed financial firms is unnecessary because free markets will properly price assets. kate: i don’t know about that. without a bailout of severely distressed financial firms, the economy will experience a deep recession. the disagreement between these economists is most likely due todifferences in scientific judgments . despite their differences, with which proposition are two economists chosen at random most likely to agree? business managers can raise profit more easily by reducing costs than by raising revenue. central banks should focus more on maintaining low unemployment than on maintaining low inflation. employers should not be restricted from outsourcing work to foreign nations