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Total variance in variance analysis compares ● Flexible budget and actual outcome Static budget and flexible budget Flexible budget and static outcome Static budget and actual outcome

Which statement is true? A. Gross profit (GP) variance analysis, is an essential part of financial statements analysis that is used to evaluate the performance of a firm's departments responsible for the firm's line activities (functions). B. Increases and decreases in sales and cost of sales have direct relationship with increases and decreases in GP. C. If there is a negative sales price variance and there is no cost variance, the gross profit variance will be equal to the sales price variance. D. A zero cost variance indicates that there is no difference between the standard cost prices and actual cost prices. E. none of the above

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1. Please, compute mean returns, variances and covariance among the two assets of the IBEX35 and present the vector of returns and the matrix.

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At the beginning of the year, you estimated the following - Production - 75,000 units Raw Material - 270,000 pounds at a cost of $1,026,000 Direct Labor - 187,500 hours at a cost of $4,125,000 Variable Overhead - 135,000 machine hours at a cost of $567,000 Fixed Overhead - $900,000 At the end of year, the actual results were as follows - Production - 73,000 units Raw Material - 265,720 pounds purchased and used at a cost of $1,036,308 Direct Labor - 179,580 hours at a cost of $3,968,718 Variable Overhead - 133,590 machine hours at a cost of $558,406.20 Fixed Overhead - $891,000

Gross profit volume variance is derived by A. combining sales and cost of sales variances. B. combining sales volume and cost volume variances. C. deducting cost price variance from gross profit variance. D. deducting sales price variance from gross profit variance.

Least-squares regression is a statistical method for identifying cost behavior. True or False True

S1: The percentage increase in selling price is found by dividing the favorable sales price variance by last year's sales at the current year's sales quantity. S2: The percentage decrease in units sold is found by dividing the favorable cost volume variance by the planned level of cost of sales. A. both are true C. S1 is true D. S2 is true B. both are false