Morto Company uses the weighted-average method in its process costing system, in which all materials are added at the beginning of the process, and conversion costs are incurred uniformly. The Finishing Department started the month with 250 units in process that were 30% complete, received 3,700 units from the Assembly Department, and had 400 units in process at the end of the period, 80% complete with respect to conversion costs. How many units were completed and transferred out? a. 3, 455 units
b. 3, 775 units
c. 3, 550 units
d. 3, 900 units

Wo firms, a and b, each currently dump 50 tons of chemicals into the local river. the government has decided to reduce the pollution and from now on will require a pollution permit for each ton of pollution dumped into the river. it costs firm a $100 for each ton of pollution that it eliminates before it reaches the river, and it costs firm b $50 for each ton of pollution that it eliminates before it reaches the river. the government gives each firm 20 pollution permits. government officials are not sure whether to allow the firms to buy or sell the pollution permits to each other. what is the total cost of reducing pollution if firms are not allowed to buy and sell pollution permits from each other? what is the total cost of reducing pollution if the firms are allowed to buy and sell permits from each other? a. $3,000; $1,500 b. $4,500; $3,500 c. $4,500; $4,000 d. $4,500; $2,500

Stacy is preparing a product presentation with customer, marketing, and technical content. she will first present it to an engineering audience mainly interested in technical product details. what should she do? select the best option. hide the marketing content slides for the engineering audience. save a new version and delete unwanted slides for this audience. cut and paste all the unwanted slides to the end. create a custom slide show for multiple audiences.

Anewspaper story on the effect of higher milk prices on the market for ice cream contained the following: "as a result [of the increase in milk prices], retail prices for ice cream are up 4 percent from last year. . and ice cream consumption is down 3 percent." source: john curran, "ice cream, they scream: milk fat costs drive up ice cream prices," associated press, july 23, 2001. based on the information given, what is the price elasticity of demand for ice cream?