Swifty Corporation expects direct materials cost of $6 per unit for 150000 units (a total of $900000 of direct materials costs). Swifty’s standard direct materials cost and budgeted direct materials cost is :

Nominal gross domestic producta. is a measure of the overall level of pricesb. measures the value of final goods and services produced within the borders of a given country during a given time period using current pricesc. measures the value of final goods and services produced within the borders of a given country during a given time period corrected for changing pricesd. only changes when the level of output changes

mark, a civil engineer, entered into a contract with david. as per the contract, mark agreed to design and build a house for david for a specified fee. mark provided david with an estimation of the total cost and the contract was mutually agreed upon. however, during construction, when mark increased the price due to a miscalculation on his part, david refused to pay the amount. this scenario is an example of a mistake.

The returns on the common stock of maynard cosmetic specialties are quite cyclical. in a boom economy, the stock is expected to return 22 percent in comparison to 9 percent in a normal economy and a negative 14 percent in a recessionary period. the probability of a recession is 35 percent while the probability of a boom is 10 percent. what is the standard deviation of the returns on this stock?