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Which of the following would increase the degree of operating leverage?

A company uses variable cost-plus pricing. Variable manufacturing cost is $24 per unit and variable selling cost is $6 per unit. Total fixed costs are $360,000 and desired operating income is $140,000. Expected sales volume is 25,000 units. What is the required selling price per unit?

Choose one, and only one, of the following two questions and answer it.  Explain why the idea that we have free will is significant and why physical laws pose a challenge to this idea. Provide a response to this challenge. Some people argue that quantum mechanics can save free will, but Sider thinks that this is mistaken. First, explain why some people think that quantum mechanics makes room for free will, and then develop Sider’s objection. Finally, state whether you agree with Sider and explain your view.

Choose one, and only one, of the following two questions and answer it.  1. Explain the cosmological argument in your own words. Next, discuss an objection to the cosmological argument. Finally, provide a response to the objection. 2. Explain the evidential version of the argument from suffering (problem of evil) in your own words. How does the evidential version of the argument from suffering avoid an objection that is difficult for the logical version of the argument from suffering to address?

Your purpose and private goals for a speech should always be the same.

Someone who is well respected in spiritual communities and is regarded as having access to and influence in the world of good and evil is called a _________. This person can enter a trance-like state and is considered to be an expert in healing. 

An individual who is admitted to an alcohol detoxification unit has had no alcohol intake for 2 days. On admission the patient is noted to have tremors, anxiety, insomnia, and disorientation accompanied by tachycardia, diaphoresis, and greatly increased agitation. These signs and symptoms are characteristic of the syndrome known as:

An activity variance is the difference between an actual revenue or cost and the revenue or cost in the flexible budget that is adjusted for the actual level of activity of the period.

The following information relates to the direct labor at a manufacturing company for March:ActualStandardLabor cost per hour$18.00$17.50Labor hours per unit produced1.51.4During the month, the company produced 2,100 units. What is the labor efficiency variance for the month?

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. Fixed Element per MonthVariable Element per Container RefurbishedRevenue $4,700Employee salaries and wages$44,200$ 1,300Refurbishing materials $ 700Other expenses$30,200 When the company prepared its planning budget at the beginning of April, it assumed that 32 containers would have been refurbished. However, 34 containers were actually refurbished during the month..The “Refurbishing materials” in the flexible budget for the month would have been closest to: