William Corporation has a contract with the labor union which guarantees its workers pay for at least 40,000 hours every quarter. Based on its direct labor budget for the current year, the company estimated it will need 39,000 direct labor-hours during the fourth quarter to produce 13,000 units of finished goods. Each unit requires 3 direct labor-hours (DLHs) and the cost of direct labor per hour is $12 per hour. What is the total direct labor cost for the fourth quarter

Costco wholesale corporation operates membership warehouses selling food, appliances, consumer electronics, apparel and other household goods at 471 locations across the u.s. as well as in canada, mexico and puerto rico. as of its fiscal year-end 2005, costco had approximately 21.2 million members. selected fiscal-year information from the company's balance sheets follows. ($ millions). selected balance sheet data 2005 2004 merchandise inventories $4,015 $3,644 deferred membership income (liability) 501 454 (a) during fiscal 2005, costco collected $1,120 cash for membership fees. use the financial statement effectstemplate to record the cash collected for membership fees. (b) in 2005, costco recorded $46,347 million in merchandise costs (that is, cost of goods sold). record thistransaction in the financial statement effects template. (c) determine the value of merchandise that costco purchased during fiscal-year 2005. use the financial statementeffects template to record these merchandise purchases. assume all of costco's purchases are on credit.