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For each of the following statements about the Moslund Plant assembly line in Y11, select Yes if it is true based solely on the information provided. Otherwise, select No.

The assembly line generated a profit of $16,500,000. (Yes as this is 15m$ +10%)


Total output from the assembly line increased by 25,000 units over the total output for Y10. (No as 5% of 250K units is not equal to 25K units)


Administrative unit restructuring accounted for 1% of the total profit. (CAN SOMEONE PLEASE ADVISE ON THIS ONE?? WHY IS THE ANSWER NO SINCE IN THE TAB WE CAN SEE BELOW RESULTING INCREASE IN PROFIT 1%
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For each of the following statements about the Moslund Plant assembly line in Y11, select Yes if it is true based solely on the information provided. Otherwise, select No.

The assembly line generated a profit of $16,500,000. (Yes as this is 15m$ +10%)


Total output from the assembly line increased by 25,000 units over the total output for Y10. (No as 5% of 250K units is not equal to 25K units)


Administrative unit restructuring accounted for 1% of the total profit. (CAN SOMEONE PLEASE ADVISE ON THIS ONE?? WHY IS THE ANSWER NO SINCE IN THE TAB WE CAN SEE BELOW RESULTING INCREASE IN PROFIT 1%

I believe this is so because we have to account for the 'cost to implement,' which is $15000, when determining total profit.
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For each of the following statements about the Moslund Plant assembly line in Y11, select Yes if it is true based solely on the information provided. Otherwise, select No.

The assembly line generated a profit of $16,500,000. (Yes as this is 15m$ +10%)


Total output from the assembly line increased by 25,000 units over the total output for Y10. (No as 5% of 250K units is not equal to 25K units)


Administrative unit restructuring accounted for 1% of the total profit. (CAN SOMEONE PLEASE ADVISE ON THIS ONE?? WHY IS THE ANSWER NO SINCE IN THE TAB WE CAN SEE BELOW RESULTING INCREASE IN PROFIT 1%

Administrative unit restructuring accounted for an increase of 1% of Y10's profit; not 1% of total profit. As we do not know how much this factor accounted in Y10, this cannot be determined.
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Angieless in the first question, why do you not subtract the cost to implement from the profit?
Obviously the initiatives increase the assembly line profit initially 10% ($15M * 1.1 = $16.5M), but would you not have to subtract the $160,000 cost to implement from that to be $14.9M in Y11? How do you know not to subtract cost to implement?

2794Aditya on the third question, it shouldn't matter how much it makes up of Y10 given that the question is asking about Y11. The total profit increases 1% (so $150,000, or $135,000 if you include the cost of implementation, to my first point). 150,000 / 16,500,000 would be less than 1% but round to 1%

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Angieless in the first question, why do you not subtract the cost to implement from the profit?
Obviously the initiatives increase the assembly line profit initially 10% ($15M * 1.1 = $16.5M), but would you not have to subtract the $160,000 cost to implement from that to be $14.9M in Y11? How do you know not to subtract cost to implement?

2794Aditya on the third question, it shouldn't matter how much it makes up of Y10 given that the question is asking about Y11. The total profit increases 1% (so $150,000, or $135,000 if you include the cost of implementation, to my first point). 150,000 / 16,500,000 would be less than 1% but round to 1%

Thanks all for any help you can provide



Administrative unit restructuring accounted for 1% of the total profit.
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Profit of Y10= $15,000,000.
Administrative unit restructuring accounts for increase in profit by 1% ( $15,000,000 *10% total mentioned = 1,500,000)== 150,000$
this 150k USD is increase.
We don't know how much Administrative unit restructuring accounts in $15,000,000.
then we can not calculate percentage of Administrative unit restructuring in total profit( we dont know how much Administrative unit restructuring accounts in Y10 profit. we only know in 1% of increase in profit)
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Angieless in the first question, why do you not subtract the cost to implement from the profit?
Obviously the initiatives increase the assembly line profit initially 10% ($15M * 1.1 = $16.5M), but would you not have to subtract the $160,000 cost to implement from that to be $14.9M in Y11? How do you know not to subtract cost to implement?

2794Aditya on the third question, it shouldn't matter how much it makes up of Y10 given that the question is asking about Y11. The total profit increases 1% (so $150,000, or $135,000 if you include the cost of implementation, to my first point). 150,000 / 16,500,000 would be less than 1% but round to 1%

Thanks all for any help you can provide

:- Administrative unit restructuring accounted for 1% of the total profit.

Note that the statement above the table refers to the Moslund Plant assembly line in Y11.

1% increase of total profit (in 2010) = 15,000,000 x 1% = 150,000
1% total profit (in 2011) = 16,500,000 x 1% = 165,000

Since 150,000 does not equal 165,000 statement is false.

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Which one of the following statements is supported by the information provided about the assembly line and the assembly-line modernization plan at the Moslund Plant?




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As given in the first tab-
Yr 10 : Output =250,000 and Profit = 15,000,000
For Yr 11- check third tab to find the changes in output and profit after Automation

1) Inspection Post Automation- Increased output by 2% and Profit by5% i.e Output =255,000 and Profit =15,750,000
2)Conveyor Belt speed increase -Increased output by 3% and Profit by 4% i.e Output = 257500 & Profit=15,600,000
3) Administrative cost- Increased profit by 1% i.e Profit=15,150,000


Now lets check each given choices

A. On the assembly line, conveyor-belt speed is directly proportional to total annual output of assembled units.
- We do not know what was the speed of conveyor belt, we only know output. So Eliminate

B. Administrative unit restructuring accounted for the greatest increase in the dollar amount of profit from Y10 to Y11.
- As cal above , administrative unit restructuring is not the greatest increase in dollar amt of profit. It is lowest among all three elements. So Eliminate

C. Conveyor-belt speed increase accounted for the greatest increase in the dollar amount of profit from Y10 to Y11.
- Clearly no , conveyor belt speed accounted less than automation so eliminate.

D. Conveyor-belt speed increase accounted for the greatest increase in annual output of assembled units from Y10 to Y11.
-CORRECT-- Yes as can been seen from cal done above . Conveyor belt increase accounted for greatest increase in output.

E. Inspection-post automation accounted for the greatest increase in annual output of assembled units from Y10 to Y11.
-No it is incorrect based on cal above. So Eliminate.

Hope it helps.

Can you please explain why A is wrong ?? because as i understand.. the speed of conveyor belt was increased by a fixed % and the resultant output increase because of it is 3%. and directly proportional means if one one quantity is increased the other increases and table clearly shows that 3% increase in output was because of conveyor belt speed increase. What am i not understanding correctly ??
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jj17: On choice A
- For Y11, all we know is that conveyer-belt speed increased by x%, resulting in 3% increase in total Y11 output.
- For Y12, let say the conveyer-belt speed were to increase by y%, resulting in z% increase in total Y12 output.

If x/3 = y/z, conveyer-belt speed is directly proportional to total annual output of assembled units. If x/3 ≠ y/z, conveyer-belt speed is NOT directly proportional to total annual output of assembled units. Since we don't know x, y, or z, we can't conclude that A is supported.
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Can someone answer Angieless's first question? If the cost to implement all the improvements in the plan are accounted for, the profit would not be $16.5M. Why is the official answer Yes??
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For each of the following statements about the Moslund Plant assembly line in Y11, select Yes if it is true based solely on the information provided. Otherwise, select No.

The assembly line generated a profit of $16,500,000.

TAB 1: In Y10, the Moslund Plant assembly line had an output of 250,000 units and generated a profit of $15,000,000.
TAB 3: Increase in profit in Y11 as a percentage of profit of Y10 is 10%. This means profit in Y11 is $16.5 million. All costs have already been accounted for when profit is calculated. We are not talking about revenue, but profit. To get profit, we already account for costs. We are given that total increase in profit is 10%. This means that it has become 16.5 mil

Select YES


Total output from the assembly line increased by 25,000 units over the total output for Y10.


TAB 3: Total output increased by 5%. The outout of Y10 was 250k units. 25,000 units is 10% of this, not 5%.

Select NO


Administrative unit restructuring accounted for 1% of the total profit.


Administrative unit restructuring profit increased by 1% as compared with Y10 profit. It was not 1% of Y11 profit. Since Y11 profit was different from Y10 profit, the percentage would be different. Hence

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In the tab 3, what does "resulting increase in output for Y11, as a percent of Y10 output " mean ? kindly elaborate .
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In the tab 3, what does "resulting increase in output for Y11, as a percent of Y10 output " mean ? kindly elaborate .
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It means that due to modernization, by how much did Y11 output increase as a percent of Y10 output.
So say Y10 output was 100 units. Y11 output increased by 5% overall which means Y11 output was 105 units.
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