The Following Information Is Available for Beast Company and Its

question 114

Essay

The following information is available for Beast Company and its two divisions, Reptiles and Mammals: $\begin{array}{l}&\text { Company as a } & \text { Reptiles } & \text { Mammal } \\&\text { whole } & \text { Division } & \text { Division }\\\text { Net sales }&\$300,000&\$170,000&\$130,000\\\text { Fixed costs: }\\\text { Controllable by }\\\text { division managers } & 16,000 & 10,000 & 6,000 \\\text { Controllable by others } & 8,000 & 6,000 & 2,000\text { Variable costs: }\\\text { Cost of } & & & \\\text { merch andise sold } & 46,000 & 28,000 & 18,000 \\\text { Operating expenses } & 14,000 & 8,000 & 6,000 \\\text { Unalloc ated costs } & 4,000 & &\end{array}$ Required:
a. Compute the contribution margin for the Reptiles Division.
b. Compute the contribution controllable by the manager of the Mammal Division.
c. Compute the contribution by segment for the Mammal Division.
d. Compute the income before income taxes for the Beast Company.

Identify the causes and implications of addressing conflicts in PLC programming.

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Know the protective features integrated into PLC output modules, including fuse and electronic protection.

Learn about specific PLC instructions like suspend instruction and contact histogram functions, and their applications.

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Definitions:

Asymptotes

Lines that a graph of a function approaches but never touches, indicating direction of curves infinitely far away.

Hyperbola

A type of smooth curve lying in a plane, formed by the intersection of a double cone with a plane in such a way that both halves of the curve are mirror images of each other.

Graph

The visual representation of data or functions on a coordinate system, showing relationships between variables.

Standard Form

A way of writing numbers using digits, or a specific way to write equations, such as Ax + By = C for lines.