Fordham Corporation produces a single product. The standard…

Fordham Corporation produces a single product. The standard costs for one unit of its Concourse product are as follows: Direct materials (6 pounds at $0.50 per pound)                                        $3 Direct manufacturing labor (2 hours at $10 per hour)                                20 Variable manufacturing overhead (2 hours at $5 per hour)        10 Total    33                                                                                                          33During November Year 2, 4,000 units of Concourse were produced. The costs associated with November operations were as follows:   Material purchased (36,000 pounds at $0.60 per pound)                              $21,600 Material used in production (28,000 pounds)   Direct manufacturing labor (8,200 hours at $9.75 per hour)                          $79,950 Variable manufacturing overhead incurred                                                        $41,820 What is the variable overhead efficiency variance for Concourse for November Year 2?

Stephanie’s Bridal Shoppe sells wedding dresses. The average…

Stephanie’s Bridal Shoppe sells wedding dresses. The average selling price of each dress is $1,000, variable costs are $400, and fixed costs are $90,000.How many dresses must the Bridal Shoppe sell to yield after-tax net income of $18,000, assuming the tax rate is 40%?

A mutant bacterial cell has a defective aminoacyl-tRNA synth…

A mutant bacterial cell has a defective aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase that attaches a lysine to tRNAs with the anticodon AAA instead of the normal phenylalanine. What would be a potential consequence for a cell in which this happens? Remember that phenylalanine may be encoded by multiple codons.