Kekiwi Corporation manufactures and sells a single product. The company uses units as the measure of activity in its budgets and performance reports. During January, the company budgeted for 6,900 units, but its actual level of activity was 6,910 units. The company has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for January: Data used in budgeting: Fixed Element per Month Variable element per unit Revenue - $ 39.30 Direct labor $ 0 $ 3.10 Direct materials 0 18.90 Manufacturing overhead 45,900 1.70 Selling and administrative expenses 27,000 0.30 Total expenses $ 72,900 $ 24.00 Actual results for January: Revenue $ 281,473 Direct labor $ 20,591 Direct materials $ 134,889 Manufacturing overhead $ 57,087 Selling and administrative expenses $ 28,063 The net operating income in the flexible budget for January would be closest to:

8. agreement and disagreement among economists suppose that bob, an economist from a university in arizona, and cho, an economist from a public television program, are arguing over saving incentives. the following dialogue shows an excerpt from their debate: cho: i think it's safe to say that, in general, the savings rate of households in today's economy is much lower than it really needs to be to sustain an improvement in living standards. bob: i think a switch from the income tax to a consumption tax would bring growth in living standards. cho: you really think households would change their saving behavior enough in response to this to make a difference? because i don't. the disagreement between these economists is most likely due to . despite their differences, with which proposition are two economists chosen at random most likely to agree? rent ceilings reduce the quantity and quality of available housing. immigrants receive more in government benefits than they contribute in taxes. having a single income tax rate would improve economic performance.

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Arestaurant that creates a new type of sandwich is using (blank) as a method of competition.