Rients Corporation is a service company that measures its output by the number of customers served. The company has provided the following fixed and variable cost estimates that it uses for budgeting purposes and the actual results of operations for October. Fixed Element per Month Variable Element per Customer Served Actual Total for October Revenue $ 4,100 $ 182,900 Employee salaries and wages $ 42,300 $ 1,300 $ 98,800 Travel expenses $ 700 $ 30,500 Other expenses $ 31,500 $ 31,900 When the company prepared its planning budget at the beginning of October, it assumed that 39 customers would have been served. However, 44 customers were actually served during October. The variance for net operating income in the Revenue and Spending Variances column of a report comparing actual results to the flexible budget for October would have been closest to:

Acompany that makes shopping carts for supermarkets and other stores recently purchased some new equipment that reduces the labor content of the jobs needed to produce the shopping carts. prior to buying the new equipment, the company used 6 workers, who produced an average of 79 carts per hour. workers receive $16 per hour, and machine coast was $49 per hour. with the new equipment, it was possible to transfer one of the workers to another department, and equipment cost increased by $11 per hour while output increased by four carts per hour. a) compute the multifactor productivity (mfp) (labor plus equipment) under the prior to buying the new equipment. the mfp (carts/$) = (round to 4 decimal places). b) compute the productivity changes between the prior to and after buying the new equipment. the productivity growth = % (round to 2 decimal places)

Which statement best describes entrepreneurship aitmakes people very rich b it relies on large financial investments c it is only possible in the retail industry d it requires creativity and ambition

What is the average price for the cordless telephones (to 2 decimals)? $ b. what is the average talk time for the cordless telephones (to 3 decimals)? hours c. what percentage of the cordless telephones have a voice quality of excellent? % d. what percentage of the cordless telephones have a handset on the base?