Babcock Company received the following reports of its defined benefit pension plan for the current calendar year: PBO Plan assets Balance, January 1 $ 640,000 Balance, January 1 $ 540,000 Service cost 368,000 Actual return 56,000 Interest cost 75,000 Annual contribution 228,000 Benefits paid (91,000 ) Benefits paid (91,000 ) Balance, December 31 $ 992,000 Balance, December 31 $ 733,000 The long-term expected rate of return on plan assets is 8%. Assuming no other data are relevant, what is the pension expense for the year

Elliott company produces large quantities of a standardized product. the following information is available for its production activities for march. units costs beginning work in process inventory 2,500 beginning work in process inventory started 25,000 direct materials $ 3,725 ending work in process inventory 5,000 conversion 11,580 $ 15,305 status of ending work in process inventory direct materials added 185,750 materials—percent complete 100 % direct labor added 182,375 conversion—percent complete 30 % overhead applied (140% of direct labor) 255,325 total costs to account for $ 638,755 ending work in process inventory $ 62,530 prepare a process cost summary report for this company, showing costs charged to production, unit cost information, equivalent units of production, cost per eup, and its cost assignment and reconciliation. use the weighted-average method. (round "cost per eup" to 2 decimal places.)

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Problem page a medical equipment industry manufactures x-ray machines. the unit cost c (the cost in dollars to make each x-ray machine) depends on the number of machines made. if x machines are made, then the unit cost is given by the function =cx+−0.3x2126x31,935 . how many machines must be made to minimize the unit cost?