Donald Tweedt started a company to produce and distribute natural fertilizers. Donald’s company sells two fertilizers that are wildly popular: green fertilizer and compost fertilizer. Green fertilizer, the most popular among environmentally minded consumers, commands the highest price and sells…
The average cost of employing each police officer per year if $30,000 for a small twon. The current population of the town is 1,000. Calculate the per capita cost per police officer. Explain why the increase in population can result…
There is one base pair for every 0.34 nm of DNA and the total contour length of all the DNA in a single human cell is 2m. a) Calculate the number of base pairs in a single cell. b) Assuming…
Suppose that the price elasticity for hip replacement surgeries is 0.3. Further suppose that hip replacement surgeries are originally not covered by health insurance and that at a price of $50,000 each, 10,000 such surgeries are demanded each year. a.…
Under some environmental conditions the halophile Halobacterium halobium synthesizes a membrane protein (MW 26,000) bacteriorhodopsin, which is purple because it contains retinal. Molecules of this protein aggregate into purple patches in the cell membrane. Bacteriorhodopsin acts as a light activated…
On April 30, 2013, Leander Co. had 21,600 units in process that were 85 percent complete as to material, 60 percent complete as to direct labor, and 45 percent complete as to overhead. During May, 561,000 units were started. The…
XYZ Company records its adjusting entries at the end of every month. The following accounts were taken from the adjusted trial balance of XYZ Company at January 31, 2007: Prepaid Insurance $5,330Insurance Expense $ 410 The prepaid insurance shown above…
ABC Company’s budgeted sales for June, July, and August are 14,400, 18,400, and 16,400 units, respectively. ABC requires 30% of the next month’s budgeted unit sales as finished goods inventory each month. Budgeted ending finished goods inventory for May is…
Able Company expects to begin the coming year with 12,000 units of product X in the inventory of finished goods. It expects to sell 130,000 units of the product and end the year with 15,800 units in finished goods inventory.…
Mary has a three-stock portfolio and is interested in estimating its overall return next year. She has $25,000 invested in Orange Corp., which has a beta of 1.3, $75,000 in Purple Corp. with a beta of .8 and $20,000 in…
