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What Supreme Court case overturned state bans on same-sex marriage? 

Lobbying is best defined as 

How do winner-take-all elections help reinforce the American two-party system? 

The number of electoral votes assigned to each state is based primarily on the state’s 

What part of the U.S. Constitution did the U.S. Supreme Court cite as justification for banning racially segregated schools? 

Under proportional representation, legislative seats are generally allocated according to 

A factory supervisor’s salary would be classified as a direct production cost.

A company has a standard costing system. The following data is available for July:Actual quantity of direct materials purchased20,000 poundsStandard price of direct materials$ 2.00 per poundMaterial price variance$ 3,000 UnfavorableMaterial quantity variance$ 5,200 FavorableThe actual price per pound of direct materials purchased for the month was:

A shipping container refurbishment company measures its output by the number of containers refurbished. The company has provided the following fixed and variable cost estimates that it uses for budgeting purposes and the actual results of operations for a month. Fixed Element per MonthVariable Element per Container RefurbishedActual Total for the monthRevenue $ 4,100$ 158,600Employee salaries and wages$ 50,600$ 1,100$ 92,700Refurbishing materials $ 700$ 27,000Other expenses$ 41,200 $ 40,800When the company prepared its planning budget at the beginning of  the month, it assumed that 40 containers would be refurbished. However, 38 containers were actually refurbished. The activity variance for “Refurbishing materials” for the month would have been closest to:

When a company has a production constraint, total contribution margin will be maximized by producing products with the lowest contribution margin per unit of the constrained resource.