The Dan Corporation originally budgeted for $360,000 of fixed overhead. Production was budgeted to be 12,000 units. The standard hours for production were 5 hours per unit. The variable overhead rate was $3 per hour. Actual fixed overhead was $360,000 and actual variable overhead was $170,000. Actual production was 11,700 units. Compute the factory overhead volume variance.

Chance company had two operating divisions, one manufacturing farm equipment and the other office supplies. both divisions are considered separate components as defined by generally accepted accounting principles. the farm equipment component had been unprofitable, and on september 1, 2018, the company adopted a plan to sell the assets of the division. the actual sale was completed on december 15, 2018, at a price of $600,000. the book value of the division’s assets was $1,000,000, resulting in a before-tax loss of $400,000 on the sale. the division incurred a before-tax operating loss from operations of $130,000 from the beginning of the year through december 15. the income tax rate is 40%. chance’s after-tax income from its continuing operations is $350,000. required: prepare an income statement for 2018 beginning with income from continuing operations. include appropriate eps disclosures assuming that 100,000 shares of common stock were outstanding throughout the year. (amounts to be deducted should be indicated with a minus sign. round eps answers to 2 decimal places.)

"jake’s roof repair has provided the following data concerning its costs: fixed cost per month cost per repair-hour wages and salaries $ 20,900 $ 15.00 parts and supplies $ 7.70 equipment depreciation $ 2,800 $ 0.35 truck operating expenses $ 5,720 $ 1.60 rent $ 4,690 administrative expenses $ 3,850 $ 0.50 for example, wages and salaries should be $20,900 plus $15.00 per repair-hour. the company expected to work 2,600 repair-hours in may, but actually worked 2,500 repair-hours. the company expects its sales to be $47.00 per repair-hour. required: compute the company’s activity variances for may."

One of the growers is excited by this advancement because now he can sell more crops, which he believes will increase revenue in this market. as an economics student, you can use elasticities to determine whether this change in price will lead to an increase or decrease in total revenue in this market. using the midpoint method, the price elasticity of demand for soybeans between the prices of $5 and $4 per bushel is , which means demand is between these two points. therefore, you would tell the grower that his claim is because total revenue will as a result of the technological advancement.