The accounting records for Portland Products report the following manufacturing costs for the past year: Direct materials $ 370,000 Direct labor 268,000 Variable overhead 234,000 Production was 150,000 units. Fixed manufacturing overhead was $751,000. For the coming year, costs are expected to increase as follows: direct materials costs by 20 percent, excluding any effect of volume changes; direct labor by 4 percent; and fixed manufacturing overhead by 10 percent. Variable manufacturing overhead per unit is expected to remain the same. Required: a. Prepare a cost estimate for a volume level of 120,000 units of product this year. (Do not round intermediate computations.) b. Determine the costs per unit for last year and for this year. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

1   all nations face the problem of scarcity because there are limited resources and unlimited wants. nations do not have enough factors of production to produce everything that their population wants. entrepreneurial resources initiate businesses to make new goods and services; labor resources produce goods and services.

2 there are four factors of production: natural resources, labor resources, capital resources, and entrepreneurial resources. natural resources are raw materials from nature that are used to produce goods. trees, water, and grains are natural resources. some natural resources, such as wheat and cattle, are renewable

3 wants

things that you do not need to have in order to survive, but would like to have

needs

things that you must have in order to survive

goods

physical products

services

tasks that a business perform for customers

resources

items that people can use to make or obtain what they need or want

determine

to settle or decide by choice of alternatives or possiblities

4 i really dont know

answerthe united states of america;

answerdata mart;