Textra Plastics produces parts for a variety of small machine manufacturers. Most products go through two operations, molding and trimming, before they are ready for packaging. Expected costs and activities for the molding department and for the trimming department for 2017 follow.
MoldingTrimmingDirect labor hours………52,000 DLH 48,000 DLHMachine hours………30,500 MH3,600 MHOverhead costs………$730,000$590,000\begin{matrix} & \text{Molding} & \text{Trimming}\\ \text{Direct labor hours} \ldots\ldots\ldots & \text{52,000 DLH} & \text{48,000 DLH}\\ \text{Machine hours}\ldots\ldots\ldots & \text{30,500 MH} & \text{3,600 MH}\\ \text{Overhead costs}\ldots\ldots\ldots & \text{\$730,000} & \text{\$590,000}\\ \end{matrix}
Data for two special order parts to be manufactured by the company in 2017 follow.
Part A27CPart X82BNumber of units……… 9,800 units54,500 unitsMachine hoursMolding………5,100 MH1,020 MHTrimming………2,600 MH650 MHDirect labor hours Molding………5,500 DLH2,150 DLHTrimming……… 700 DLH3,500 DLH\begin{matrix} & \text{Part A27C} & \text{Part X82B}\\ \text{Number of units} \ldots\ldots\ldots & \text{9,800 units} & \text{54,500 units}\\ \text{Machine hours}\\ \text{Molding} \ldots\ldots\ldots & \text{5,100 MH} & \text{1,020 MH}\\ \text{Trimming} \ldots\ldots\ldots & \text{2,600 MH} & \text{650 MH}\\ \text{Direct labor hours}\\ \text{Molding} \ldots\ldots\ldots & \text{5,500 DLH} & \text{2,150 DLH}\\ \text{Trimming} \ldots\ldots\ldots & \text{700 DLH} & \text{3,500 DLH}\\ \end{matrix}
- Compute the plantwide overhead rate using direct labor hours as the base. 2. Determine the overhead cost assigned to each product line using the plantwide rate computed in requirement 1.
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The M1 money supply is composed of
a. currency, demand deposits, traveler's checks, and other checkable accounts.
b. currency, demand deposits, savings deposits, money market mutual funds, and small time deposits.
c. currency, government bonds, gold certificates, and coins.
d. currency, NOW accounts, savings accounts, and government bonds.
e. none of the above.
The
Fed's tools of monetary control are
a. fiat, commodity, and deposit money.
b. coin, currency, demand deposits, and commodity money.
c. open-market operations, lending to banks, reserve requirements, and paying interest on reserves.
d. the money supply, government purchases, and taxation.
e. government expenditures, taxation, reserve requirements, and interest rates.