May Blackwell is the new manager of the materials storeroom for Clayton Manufacturing. May has been asked to estimate future monthly purchase costs for part #696, used in two of Clayton's products. May has purchase cost and quantity data for the past 9 months as follows: Quantity Purchased 2,710 parts 2,810 4,153 3,756 2,912 3,387 3,622 2,298 3,562 Cost of Purchase $12,675 Month January February 13,000 17,653 15,825 13,125 13,814 15,300 10,233 14,950 March April May June July August September Estimated monthly purchases for this part based on expected demand of the two products for the rest of the year are as follows: Purchase Quantity Expected 3,340 parts 3,710 3,040 Month October November December

Complete your calculations by filling in the highlighted cells. Note: the PV Annuity table is provided for you. Discuss if you think the cookie business should accept or reject the purchase of the new equipment and why.Additional information has come to your attention regarding the equipment purchase. One of the partner's brother owns the company that sells the equipment and insists the equipment is needed. Discuss any ethical concerns you see with this type of transaction.  Cookie Business           As the owner of the Cookie Business, you are considering the following investment:           Purchase of new equipment  $  250,000.00       Expected  annual increase in sales   $    48,017.50       Time frame 7 years     Acceptable rate needed 9%                 Calculate the Internal Rate of Return:         PV of annuity factor         Internal rate of return                   Accept or reject

Leah Wells, a yoga instructor, started a company that sells athletic yoga clothing. You are Leah’s marketing manager. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answers to 2 decimal places.) a. After assessing the competitors, you determine that Leah needs to price her products with a markup percentage of 60%. The cost of her tank tops is $44 and her pullovers is $54. Determine the selling price for each of Leah’s clothing items. b. Leah is ready to launch her yoga pants. You have determined that she should set her price 30% below her competitor’s price of $124. Leah’s cost to produce yoga pants is $52 per unit. Determine the markup percentage on Leah’s yoga pants. c. Calculate the gross profit margin for tank tops, pullovers, and yoga pants. d. After a year, you determine that Leah should set a standard target margin percentage of 45% on all products. Determine the new prices for tank tops, pullovers, and yoga pants.

Zara wants to export her estimates report into an Excel spreadsheet. Once Zara exports the report, what limitation will she have? Select an answer: She will not be able to export the Excel spreadsheet back into QuickBooks. She will not be able to save the Excel spreadsheet to her computer. She will not be able to make any additions to the Excel spreadsheet.

Apply mathematical skills around cost structures and appropriate equations to answer the following, inclusive of all associated workings to maximise marks:Opening Inventory + Purchases – Closing Inventory = Cost of Sales (CoS). Bev Smithey makes hand-braided mats, at a cost of $40 per mat, to sell at local craft shows. She has 30 mats on hand for the next show, and expects to sell them all for a total of $1,800.What is Bev’s markup per mat in dollar and percentage terms?