The Following Information Is Available for Learning R' Us and Its

question 180

Multiple Choice

The following information is available for Learning R' Us and its two divisions-Books and Periodicals: $\begin{array}{llll}&\text { Company as } & \text { Books } & \text { Periodicals } \\&\text { a whole } & \text { Division } & \text { Division }\\\hline\text { Net sales }&\$100,000&\$60,000&\$40,000\\\text { Fixed costs: }\\\text { Controllable by }\\\text { division man ager } & 16,500 & 12,500 & 4,000 \\\text { Controllable by others } & 8,000 & 5,000 & 3,000 \\\text { Variable costs: } & & &\\\text { Cost of merch andise sold } & 24,500 & 17,500 & 7,000 \\\text { Operating expenses } & 16,400 & 10,000 & 6,400 \\\text { Unalloc ated costs } & 1,000 & &\end{array}$ is the net income for the Learning R' Us.

• A) $33,600
• B) $15,000
• C) $34,600
• D) $29,600

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Definitions:

Normal Distribution

A bell-shaped frequency distribution that is symmetric about the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence than data far from the mean.

Standard Deviation

A statistic that measures the dispersion or spread of a set of data points relative to its mean.

Mean

The average of a set of numbers, calculated by dividing the sum of these numbers by the count of the numbers.

Random Variable

A variable whose possible values are numerical outcomes of a random phenomenon.