young inc. produces plastic bottles. production of 16-ounce bottles has a standard unit quantity of 0.45 ounce of plastic per bottle. during the month of june, 240,000 bottles were produced using 110,000 ounces of plastic. the actual cost of plastic was $0.042 per ounce, and the standard price was $0.045 per ounce. there is no beginning or ending inventories of plastic.

6carla would like to buy a dress, a dresser for her bedroom, and a home theater system. she has one month's worth of living expenses in her emergency fund. carla decides to save for the home theater system. did carla make the right decision? why or why not? a. yes; her emergency fund is full and the other items will probably be less expensive. b. yes; she could save more for her emergency fund, but the home theater will be harder to save for. c. no; she should save more for her emergency fund because she has saved less than the recommended amount. d. no; she should have bought the dress and dresser first because she could afford them right away. reset next

Two assets have the following expected returns and standard deviations when the risk-free rate is 5%: asset a e(ra) = 18.5% σa = 20% asset b e(rb) = 15% σb = 27% an investor with a risk aversion of a = 3 would find that on a risk-return basis. a. only asset a is acceptable b. only asset b is acceptable c. neither asset a nor asset b is acceptable d. both asset a and asset b are acceptable

Which investment has the liquidity and can be converted into cash easily?